Problem

Source: 2024 CTST P15

Tags: algebra, polynomial, 2024 CTST



$n>1$ is an integer. Let real number $x>1$ satisfy $$x^{101}-nx^{100}+nx-1=0.$$Prove that for any real $0<a<b<1$, there exists a positive integer $m$ so that $a<\{x^m\}<b.$ Proposed by Chenjie Yu