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12.5.8 Olympic Algebra

Condition: under what values \ (a \) the equation \ ([x]^{2} +2012 x+a = 0 \) (where \ ([x] \) is a whole part of the number \ (x \), that is, the largest number that does not exceed \ (x \)) has the largest number of solutions? What is this number?

Olympiad Problems in Algebra