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Some remarks on the non-real roots of polynomials

Number Theory 2019-05-30 v1 Rings and Algebras

Abstract

Let fR(t)[x]f \in { \mathbb R} ( t) [x] be given by f(t,x)=xn+tg(x) f(t, x) = x^n + t \cdot g(x) and β1<<βm\beta_1 < \dots < \beta_m the distinct real roots of the discriminant Δ(f,x)(t)\Delta_{(f, x)} (t) of f(t,x)f(t, x) with respect to xx. Let γ\gamma be the number of real roots of g(x)=k=0stskxskg(x)=\sum_{k=0}^s t_{s-k} x^{s-k}. For any ξ>βm\xi > | \beta_m |, if nsn-s is odd then the number of real roots of f(ξ,x)f(\xi, x) is γ+1\gamma+1, and if nsn-s is even then the number of real roots of f(ξ,x)f(\xi, x) is γ\gamma, γ+2\gamma+2 if ts>0t_s>0 or ts<0t_s < 0 respectively. A special case of the above result is constructing a family of totally complex polynomials which are reducible over Q\mathbb Q.

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@article{arxiv.1802.02708,
  title  = {Some remarks on the non-real roots of polynomials},
  author = {Shuichi Otake and Tony Shaska},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1802.02708},
  year   = {2019}
}

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