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Unitary quadratic trinomials

Source: All-Russian 2007

May 4, 2007
quadraticsalgebra unsolvedalgebra

Problem Statement

Unitary quadratic trinomials f(x) f(x) and g(x) g(x) satisfy the following interesting condition: f(g(x)) \equal{} 0 and g(f(x)) \equal{} 0 do not have real roots. Prove that at least one of equations f(f(x)) \equal{} 0 and g(g(x)) \equal{} 0 does not have real roots too.
S. Berlov