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Vector Spaces & Bases · Superchallenge problem

In P5P_5 (real polynomials of degree at most 55) the six polynomials ck=(1+x)5−k(1−x)kc_k = (1+x)^{5-k}(1-x)^k, k=0,1,…,5k = 0, 1, \ldots, 5, form a basis CC. Write x2=∑k=05tkckx^2 = \sum_{k=0}^5 t_k c_k. Find t2t_2, the coefficient of (1+x)3(1−x)2(1+x)^3(1-x)^2.