Consider a bump function ϕ ⁣:R→R\phi\colon \mathbb{R}\to \mathbb{R}, smooth with compact support. If there exists a constant MM such that ∥ϕ(k)∥∞≤M\lVert\phi^{(k)}\rVert_\infty \leq M for all k≥0k\geq0, must ϕ\phi be the zero function?

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