Consider the polynomial $ f(z)= z^2+ az+ p^{11}$ where $ a \in \mathrm{Z}- \{0\}, \, p \geq 13$ is a prime. Suppose, $ a^2 \leq 4 p^{11},$ then which of the following is true?
- $f$ has a zero on imaginary axis.
- $f$ has a zero for which real and imaginary parts are equal.
- $f$ has distinct roots.
- $f$ has exactly one root.
For $a= 1$ and $p= 13$, I got two distinct roots for $f(z)$, so option $3$ is possibly true. Also $ f'(z)$ has a zero at $z= \frac{-a}{2}$, at which $f$ will have a root if $4p^{11} = a^2.$ How to approach for this question and discard other options?
The only significance of $p$ and $a$ being integers, with $p$ not a square, is that we know $$ a^2 \neq 4 p^{11} $$