The roots of polynomial $ p(s) $ are:
$$ \begin{aligned}s_1 &= 4i\\[1 em]s_2 &= -4i \end{aligned} $$The solutions of $ s^2+16 = 0 $ are: $ s = 4 i ~ \text{and} ~ s = -4 i $.
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