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2019 Saint Petersburg Grade 11 P1

Source: 2019 Saint Petersburg

April 14, 2019
algebra

Problem Statement

A polynomial f(x)f(x) of degree 20002000 is given. It's known that f(x21)f(x^2-1) has exactly 34003400 real roots while f(1x2)f(1-x^2) has exactly 27002700 real roots. Prove that there exist two real roots of f(x)f(x) such that the difference between them is less that 0.0020.002.
(А. Солынин)
Thanks to the user Vlados021 for translating the problem.