Let be a degree 6 monic polynomial having integer coefficients and positive zeroes, such that and , where denotes the coefficient of .
Find .
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Let roots are r i where i ≤ i ≤ 6
From the info given in the question i = 1 ∑ 6 r i = 1 2 and i = 1 ∏ 6 r i = 6 4 .
As the roots are positve reals using A.M.-G.M. inequality we get
6 r 1 + r 2 + . . . . + r 6 ≥ 6 r ! r 2 . . . r 6 ⟹ i = 1 ∑ 6 r i ≥ i = 1 ∏ 6 r i
So, equality is satisfying.Therefore r 1 = r 2 = . . . . = r 6
So, value of each root is 6 1 2 = 2
Now we can express f ( x ) becomes f ( x ) = ( x − 2 ) 6
f ( 1 ) = 1 ; f ( 2 ) = 0 ; f ( 3 ) = 1