Problem

Source: NMTC 2017 Juniors P5

Tags: polynomial, combinatorics



(a) Prove that $x^4+3x^3+6x^2+9x+12$ cannot be expressed as product of two polynomials of degree 2 with integers coefficients. (b) $2n+1$ segments are marked on a line. Each of these segments intersects at least $n$ other segments. Prove that one of these segments intersects all other segments.