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Maximum of the Vandermonde determinant / minimum of the logarithmic energy

Since you know already that the optimal $a_i$ have $2a_i + 1 = x_i = \pm 1$ and the roots of $P'_{n-1}$, the calculation of $V_n$ comes down to the discriminant of $P'_{n-1}$, its leading coefficient, …
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