IMC 2015 · Problem 10

Day 222nd IMC · Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria

Statement

Let nn be a positive integer, and let p(x)p(x) be a polynomial of degree nn with integer coefficients. Prove that

max0x1p(x)>1en.\max_{0 \le x \le 1} |p(x)| > \frac{1}{e^n}.

Official solution

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Proposed by Géza Kós, Eötvös University, Budapest.