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For a polynomial \(P\in\mathbb{C}[X]\), define \(\| P\|_ \infty\) as the maximum modulus of the coefficients of \(P\). According to \textit{A. O. Gel'fond} (Transcendental and algebraic numbers, engl. transl. Dover (1960; Zbl 0090.261) lemma II of Chapter 3 \S4), if \(P\) and \(Q\) are polynomials of degree \(m\) and \(n\), then \[ \| PQ\|_ \infty\geq e^{-(m+n)}\| P\|_ \infty\| Q\|_ \infty. \] The author extends this inequality by relaxing the condition on the degrees: he assumes only that \(Q\) has some concentration up to degree \(n\), which means, roughly speaking, that the sum of the moduli of the coefficients of \(X_ i\) for \(i>n\) in \(Q\) is small compared with \(\| Q\|_ \infty\); he also assumes that one of the coefficients of \(P\) is large compared with the sum of the moduli of the other coefficients. The motivation for this study goes back to an earlier paper by the author [Acta Math. 158, 213-313 (1987; Zbl 0663.47003)]. For the entire collection see [Zbl 0746.00071].