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KöMaL problem A, 2023

Algebra Difficulty 7.0 National Olympiad, round 2 Prove it Hungary

Let p(x)p(x) be a monic integer polynomial (polynomial with integer coefficients and leading coefficient 1) of degree nn that has nn real roots, α1,α2,…,αn\alpha_1, \alpha_2,\ldots, \alpha_n. Let q(x)q(x) be an arbitrary integer polynomial that is relatively prime to polynomial p(x)p(x) (i.e. it's not possible to find an integer polynomial different from constant 1 and −1-1 that divides both p(x)p(x) and q(x)q(x)). Prove that ∑i=1n∣q(αi)∣≥n\sum\limits_{i=1}^{n} \big|q(\alpha_i)\big|\ge n.

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