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Orthogonality & Least Squares · Superchallenge problem

Among all polynomials pp of degree at most 22, find the minimum value of ∫−11(x3−p(x))2 dx\displaystyle\int_{-1}^{1} \left(x^3 - p(x)\right)^2\,dx.