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Old March 12th, 2007, 09:56 AM
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Default Problem 21

Let the polynomial:

f(x) = x^n + a_1 x^{n-1} + ... + a_{n-1} x +1

with non-negative real coefficients a_1, .. , a_{n-1} have n real roots.

Prove that f(2) >= 3^n

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