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Roots of polynomial

Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2016 4:00 pm
by Tolaso J Kos
Let $p(x)$ be a non constant polynomial with real coefficients. If for every real $x$ the relation:

\begin{equation} p\left(x^2-1\right)=p(x)p(-x) \end{equation}

holds, find the maximum number of real roots of $p(x)$.
Hidden Message
The exercise is tremendously difficult. The answer to the problem is $4$ as the maximum number of real roots.