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Putnam 1968 A5

  • Session A

Find the smallest possible α∈R\alpha\in \mathbb{R} such that if P(x)=ax2+bx+cP(x)=ax^2+bx+c satisfies ∣P(x)∣≤1|P(x)|\leq1 for x∈[0,1]x\in [0,1] , then we also have ∣P′(0)∣≤α|P'(0)|\leq \alpha .

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