Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-mathematics-course-of-the-university-of-cambridge/2004/ib/paper-4/14e/iii/solution

At the left-hand root is , and the derivative of the polynomial with respect to is . The holomorphic implicit function theorem states that if is holomorphic near , and , there is a unique holomorphic function near , with and . It therefore supplies an analytic root branch near zero. Differentiate its equation:
It follows that and
For sufficiently small positive its imaginary part is . By the unique-root localization from the preceding part, this is the root in the left half-plane. Thus that root lies above the real axis for all sufficiently small positive .

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