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Minimum Area Square Integer Polynomial Roots

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China Western Mathematical Olympiad

Consider a square on the complex plane. The complex numbers corresponding to its four vertices are the four roots of some equation of the fourth degree with one unknown and integer coefficients $x^4+px^3+qx^2+rx+s=0$. Find the minimum value of the area of such square. (posed by Xiong Bin)
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