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Erdős problem 1038

Among all nonconstant monic polynomials ff whose roots lie in [1,1][-1, 1], determine inff{xR:f(x)<1}\inf_f |\{x \in \mathbb{R} : |f(x)| < 1\}|.

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The supremum of |{x ∈ ℝ : |f x| < 1}| over all monic polynomials f such that all of its roots are real and contained in [-1,1] is 2 * 2 ^ (1 / 2). This is proved in [Tao25].

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∀ (n : ℕ), 2 * 2 ^ (1 / 2) = ⨆ f, MeasureTheory.volume {x | |Polynomial.eval xf| < 1}
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