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Let f(x)= kx^k-x^(k-1)-x^(k-2)-...-x-1, where k is an integer greater than or equal to 1. Prove the...

Let f(x)= kx^k-x^(k-1)-x^(k-2)-...-x-1, where k is an integer greater than or equal to 1. Prove the roots of f have absolute value less than or equal to 1.

This is possibly using Cauchy's Estimates for Roots of Polynomials or Ostrowski's Theorem, but I'm not sure how to use them.

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The problem is solved using Cauchy's bound for roots of polynomial. We need to choose the value of k to be large enough to arrive at the result.

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