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Erdős problem 1047

Let f∈C[x]f\in \mathbb{C}[x] be a monic polynomial with mm distinct roots, and let c>0c>0 be a constant small enough such that {z:∣f(z)∣≤c}\{ z: \lvert f(z)\rvert\leq c\} has mm distinct connected components.

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Goodman [Go66] constructed an example with simple roots, of degree 44.

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∃ f c,  f.Monic ∧    f.natDegree = 4 ∧      (f.rootSet ℂ).ncard = 4 ∧        0 < c ∧          (Erdos1047.componentsIn (Erdos1047.sublevelSet f c)).ncard = 4 ∧            ∃ t ∈ Erdos1047.componentsIn (Erdos1047.sublevelSet f c), ¬Convex ℝ t
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