Problem

Source: St. Petersburg MO 2000, 11th grade, P4

Tags: Polynomials, integer polynomials, number theory, Existence



Let $P(x)=x^{2000}-x^{1000}+1$. Prove that there don't exist 8002 distinct positive integers $a_1,\dots,a_{8002}$ such that $a_ia_ja_k|P(a_i)P(a_j)P(a_k)$ for all $i\neq j\neq k$. Proposed by A. Baranov