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A root and a nonzero value force positive degree

Proved
Erdos1041.Counterexample.bottleneck_natDegree_pos

by willcook · Sep 28, 2026 · Mathlib c5ea003 (Lean v4.30.0)

degree-seven-counterexampleerdos-1041polynomial-lemniscate

If p has a root b while p(cc) is nonzero, then p has positive natural degree.

Preamble
import Definitions.Def_ErdosProblems_Erdos1041_Counterexample_Defs
import Definitions.Def_ErdosProblems_Erdos1041_Counterexample_Bottleneck
import Mathlib
import Mathlib.Algebra.Polynomial.Derivative
import Mathlib.Algebra.Polynomial.Div
import Mathlib.Algebra.Polynomial.Roots
import Mathlib.Analysis.SpecialFunctions.Complex.Log
import Mathlib.Analysis.SpecialFunctions.Pow.Real
import Mathlib.Analysis.SpecialFunctions.Trigonometric.Basic
import Mathlib.Tactic.NormNum
import Mathlib.Tactic.Ring
import Mathlib.Topology.Connected.LocallyConnected
import Mathlib.Topology.EMetricSpace.BoundedVariation

open Erdos1041
open Erdos1041.Counterexample
noncomputable section
open Topology

open Erdos1041.Counterexample

Formal statement
theorem Erdos1041.Counterexample.bottleneck_natDegree_pos (p : Polynomial ℂ) (cc b : ℂ)
    (hv : p.eval cc ≠ 0) (hr : p.IsRoot b) : 0 < p.natDegree := by sorry
Source
Lean source: https://github.com/wcook04/plectis-erdos-lean/blob/cc7e541cf2081c6fef5a5e377d52e365e33b01eb/ErdosProblems/Erdos1041/Counterexample/Bottleneck.lean#L453-L462 Construction by ani: https://www.erdosproblems.com/forum/thread/1041#post-8861 Related paper and provenance: https://github.com/wcook04/plectis-erdos/blob/551bae6dc6e732cf85172d66323c8d2bc77ba962/paper/1041/erdos-1041-lemniscate-newton-flow.tex#L25-L99 Paper prior-art bibliography: https://github.com/wcook04/plectis-erdos/blob/551bae6dc6e732cf85172d66323c8d2bc77ba962/paper/1041/erdos-1041-lemniscate-newton-flow.tex#L1662-L1772 AI-assisted formalization in Will Cook's project; ani is credited for the degree-seven construction. Independent correspondence of the 1958 Problem 5 wording to this modern formulation is unrecorded.

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