Problem

Source: Taiwan 2nd TST 2005, 3rd independent study, problem 1

Tags: quadratics, algebra, polynomial, algebra proposed



Prove that for any quadratic polynomial $f(x)=x^2+px+q$ with integer coefficients, it is possible to find another polynomial $q(x)=2x^2+rx+s$ with integer coefficients so that \[\{f(x)|x \in \mathbb{Z} \} \cap \{g(x)|x \in \mathbb{Z} \} = \emptyset .\]