Maximum value of Coefficient of Fibonacci Polynomial

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Denote by ##F_0(x), F_1(x), \ldots## the sequence of Fibonacci polynomials, which satisfy the recurrence ##F_0(x)=1, F_1(x)=x,## and $$F_n(x)=xF_{n-1}(x)+F_{n-2}(x)$$ for all ##n\geq 2##. It is given that there exist unique integers ##\lambda_0, \lambda_1, \ldots, \lambda_{1000}## such that$$x^{1000}=\sum_{i=0}^{1000}\lambda_iF_i(x)$$ for all real ##x##. For which integer ##k## is ##|\lambda_k|## maximized?
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Tried to find patterns on the coefficients of the polynomials . But could only go as far as : $$x: \frac{i+1}{2}$$ $$x^2: \frac{i(i+2)}{8}$$ for the ##i##th fibonacci polynomial . Quite stuck on this one for a while , so , not sure if i have to change routes . But seems like if i find the coefficients of the polynomial , i can set them all to zero except the one for the ##1000## th power . It seems i can only start thinking about the maximising part after finding the coefficents and setting them to zero .
 
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This becomes complicated quickly. E.g. see the formulas here:
https://arxiv.org/pdf/1505.06697

It says that
$$
F_{n-1}(x)=\dfrac{(x+\sqrt{x^2+4})^n-(x-\sqrt{x^2+4})^n}{2^n\sqrt{x^2+4}}
$$
and
$$
F_{n-1}(x)=\sum_{k=0}^{\lfloor \frac{n-1}{2}\rfloor}\binom{n-k-1}{k}x^{n-2k-1}
$$
which at least gives us a hint how to solve it. And Wikipedia says
The Fibonacci polynomials form a sequence of orthogonal polynomials.
but I haven't figured out what the weight function and the integral domain are.
 
This is maybe related to a Generating Function.
 
There is a relation between the Fibonacci polynomials and the standard basis polynomials
$$ x^n=F_n(x)+\sum_{j=0}^{\left\lfloor \frac{n-1}{2} \right\rfloor}(-1)^{j+1}(\binom{n}{j+1}-\binom{n}{j})F_{n-2j-2}(x) $$ where ## n\gt0 ## and ## F_{-1}(x)=0 ##.
 
There are two things I don't understand about this problem. First, when finding the nth root of a number, there should in theory be n solutions. However, the formula produces n+1 roots. Here is how. The first root is simply ##\left(r\right)^{\left(\frac{1}{n}\right)}##. Then you multiply this first root by n additional expressions given by the formula, as you go through k=0,1,...n-1. So you end up with n+1 roots, which cannot be correct. Let me illustrate what I mean. For this...
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