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Find the Maximum Trigonometric polynomial coefficient $A_{k}$

I posted this question on Math Stack Exchange but did not get any answer. I am trying my luck here.

Let $n,k$ be give positive integers and $n>k$. If for all real numbers $x$ we have $$A_{1}\cos{x}+A_{2}\cos{(2x)}+\cdots+A_{n}\cos{(nx)}\le 1$$ Find the maximum value of $A_{k}$.

I don't know if this question has been studied

If $n=2$ it is easy to solve it.

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