Bounds on the maximum real root of a polynomial with coefficients $-1,0,1$
Suppose I have a polynomial that is given a form
$$
f(x)=x^n – a_{n-1}x^{n-1} – ldots – a_1x – 1
$$
where each $a_k$ can be either $0,1$.
I’ve tried a bunch of examples and found that the maximum real root seems to be between $1,2$, but as for specifics of a polynomial of this structure I am not aware.
Using IVT, we can see pretty simply that $f(1)leq0$ and $f(2)> 0$ so there has to be a root on this interval, but thats a pretty wide range was wondering if this was previously studied
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