HMMT November 2020 H7
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While waiting for their food at a restaurant in Harvard Square, Ana and Banana draw 3 squares on one of their napkins. Starting with Ana, they take turns filling in the squares with integers from the set such that no integer is used more than once. Ana's goal is to minimize the minimum value that the polynomial attains over all real , where are the integers written in respectively. Banana aims to maximize . Assuming both play optimally, compute the final value of .
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