Problem

Source: Balkan BMO Shortlist 2017 N5

Tags: number theory, arithmetic mean, fractional part, primes, odd, Quadratic Residues



Given a positive odd integer $n$, show that the arithmetic mean of fractional parts $\{\frac{k^{2n}}{p}\}, k=1,..., \frac{p-1}{2}$ is the same for infinitely many primes $p$ .