On a discriminator for the polynomial $f(x)=x^3+x$

Abstract

Let $\Delta (n)$ denote the smallest positive integer $m$ such that $a^3+a(1\le a\le n)$ are pairwise distinct modulo $m$. The purpose of this paper is to determine $\Delta (n)$ for all positive integers $n$.

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