Given that $x^n - \frac1{x^n}$ is expressible as a polynomial in $x - \frac1x$ with real coefficients only if $n$ is an odd positive integer, find $P(z)$ so that $P\left(x-\frac1x\right) = x^5 - \frac1{x^5}.$

Answer 1

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