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Vector Spaces & Bases · Challenge problem

Let VV be the set of real polynomials pp of degree at most 66 satisfying x6 p(1/x)=p(x)x^6\,p(1/x) = p(x) (the "palindromic" polynomials, such as 1+2x+5x3+2x5+x61 + 2x + 5x^3 + 2x^5 + x^6). What is dim⁡V\dim V?