a) Let α be an integer root of P. We investigate two cases.
* If α≥0 then P(α)≥a0>0.
* If α≤−2 then
P(α)=i=0∑10(a2i+1α+a2i)α2i≤i=0∑10(−2a2i+1+a2i)α2i<0.
Therefore, the only integer root of P is α=−1.
b) For each i∈{0,1,…,10}, let bi=a2i+1−a2i then b0+⋯+b10=0. From ∣ak+2−ak∣≤c for all k∈{0,1,…,19}, we get that
∣bk−bk+1∣=∣a2k+1−a2k+3+a2k+2−a2k∣≤2c,∀k∈{0,1,…,9}.
Using triangle inequality, we obtain that
∣bi−bj∣≤2(i−j)cfor all i>j and i,j∈{0,1,…,10}.
Therefore,
k=0∑10bk2=k=0∑10(bk−b5)2+2b5k=0∑10bk−10b52≤4c2k=0∑10(k−5)2=440c2.
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