1989 USAMO Problems/Problem 3

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Let $P(z)= z^n + c_1 z^{n-1} + c_2 z^{n-2} + \cdots + c_n$ be a polynomial in the complex variable $z$ , with real coefficients $c_k$ . Suppose that $|P(i)| < 1$ . Prove that there exist real numbers $a$ and $b$ such that $P(a + bi) = 0$ and $(a^2 + b^2 + 1)^2 < 4 b^2 + 1$ .

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