Erdős Problem #485 — Terms in the square of a sparse polynomial

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For k≥1k\geq1, let QkQ_k be the least possible number of nonzero coefficients of P(x)2P(x)^2, where P∈Q[x]P\in\mathbb{Q}[x] has exactly kk nonzero coefficients. Must Qk→∞Q_k\to\infty as k→∞k\to\infty?

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A. Schinzel, On the number of terms of a power of a polynomial, Acta Arithmetica 49 (1987), 55–70.

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