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Tags: algebra, polynomial, number theory, prime numbers



Let $P(x)$ be a polynomial with integer coefficients. We will denote the set of all prime numbers by $\mathbb P$. Show that the set $\mathbb S := \{p\in\mathbb P : \exists\text{ }n \text{ s.t. }p\mid P(n)\}$ is finite if and only if $P(x)$ is a non-zero constant polynomial.