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Further than Descartes' rule of signs

Classical Analysis and ODEs 2024-10-10 v1

Abstract

The {\em sign pattern} defined by the real polynomial Q:=Σj=0dajxjQ:=\Sigma _{j=0}^da_jx^j, aj0a_j\neq 0, is the string σ(Q):=(sgn(ad),,sgn(a0))\sigma (Q):=({\rm sgn(}a_d{\rm )},\ldots ,{\rm sgn(}a_0{\rm )}). The quantities pospos and negneg of positive and negative roots of QQ satisfy Descartes' rule of signs. A couple (σ0,(pos,neg))(\sigma _0,(pos,neg)), where σ0\sigma _0 is a sign pattern of length d+1d+1, is {\em realizable} if there exists a polynomial QQ with pospos positive and negneg negative simple roots, with (dposneg)/2(d-pos-neg)/2 complex conjugate pairs and with σ(Q)=σ0\sigma (Q)=\sigma_0. We present a series of couples (sign pattern, pair (pos,neg)(pos,neg)) depending on two integer parameters and with pos1pos\geq 1, neg1neg\geq 1, which is not realizable. For d=9d=9, we give the exhaustive list of realizable couples with two sign changes in the sign pattern.

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@article{arxiv.2302.04540,
  title  = {Further than Descartes' rule of signs},
  author = {Yousra Gati and Vladimir Petrov Kostov and Mohamed Chaouki Tarchi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2302.04540},
  year   = {2024}
}