Solution

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If the nonzero are real and distinct, their cubes are also distinct. Suppose the multiplicity of in were . Since
minimality makes divide . At , the factor has a simple zero because its derivative is . Thus has multiplicity only there, contradicting the multiplicity in . Every exponent is therefore , and

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