Draft:Bpow59
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Describe as explicitly as you can all cubic polynomials with integer coefficients having
- three distinct real roots,
- local maximum and minimum values at integers, and
- point of inflection at an integer.
An example of such a polynomial is <m>2x^3 - 18x^2 + 30x + 23</m>.
Problem by Alberto L Delgado, from the now extinct Bradley Problem of the Week.