English

Polynomial problems of the Casas-Alvero type

Classical Analysis and ODEs 2019-12-16 v5

Abstract

We establish necessary and sufficient conditions for an arbitrary polynomial of degree nn, especially with only real roots, to be trivial, i.e. to have the form a(x-b)^n. To do this, we derive new properties of polynomials and their roots. In particular, it concerns new bounds and genetic sum's representations of the Abel -Goncharov interpolation polynomials. Moreover, we prove the Sz.-Nagy type identities, the Laguerre and Obreshkov-Chebotarev type inequalities for roots of polynomials and their derivatives. As applications these results are associated with the known problem, conjectured by Casas- Alvero in 2001, which says, that any complex univariate polynomial, having a common root with each of its non-constant derivative must be a power of a linear polynomial. We investigate particular cases of the problem, when the conjecture holds true or, possibly, is false.

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@article{arxiv.1308.5320,
  title  = {Polynomial problems of the Casas-Alvero type},
  author = {Semyon Yakubovich},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1308.5320},
  year   = {2019}
}
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