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ELMO SL 2018 A4

    Elmo calls a monic polynomial with real coefficients tasty if all of its coefficients are in the range [−1,1][-1,1] . A monic polynomial PP with real coefficients and complex roots χ1,⋯ ,χm\chi_1,\cdots,\chi_m (counted with multiplicity) is given to Elmo, and he discovers that there does not exist a monic polynomial QQ with real coefficients such that PQPQ is tasty. Find all possible values of max⁡(∣χ1∣,⋯ ,∣χm∣)\max\left(|\chi_1|,\cdots,|\chi_m|\right) .

    Proposed by Carl Schildkraut

    Dataset text AI-MO AoPS. Quoted with source.

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