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Putnam 1971 A4

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A-4. Show that for 0<ε<10<\varepsilon<1 the expression (x+y)n(x2−(2−ε)xy+y2)(x+y)^{n}\left(x^{2}-(2-\varepsilon) x y+y^{2}\right) is a polynomial with positive coefficients for nn sufficiently large and integral. For ε=.002\varepsilon=.002 find the smallest admissible value of nn.

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