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Erdős problem 1041

Erdős–Herzog–Piranian Component Lemma (Metric Properties of Polynomials, 1958): If ff is a monic degree nn polynomial with all roots in the unit disk, then some connected component of {zf(z)<1}\{z \mid |f(z)| < 1\} contains at least two roots with multiplicity.

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Erdős–Herzog–Piranian Component Lemma (Metric Properties of Polynomials, 1958): If ff is a monic degree nn polynomial with all roots in the unit disk, then some connected component of {zf(z)<1}\{z \mid |f(z)| < 1\} contains at least two roots with multiplicity.

See p. 139, above Problem 5: [EHP58] Erdős, P. and Herzog, F. and Piranian, G., _Metric properties of polynomials_. J. Analyse Math. (1958), 125-148.

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∀ (n : ℕ) (f : Polynomial ℂ),  n ≥ 2 →    f.natDegree = n      f.Monic        f.rootSet ℂ ⊆ Metric.ball 0 1 →C ⊆ {z | ‖Polynomial.eval z f‖ < 1}, IsConnected C ∧ 2 ≤ (Multiset.filter (fun x => xC) f.roots).card
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