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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1697624
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Detection of positive roots of a polynomial with five parameters (English)
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25 April 2002
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The authors consider the polynomial \[ f(\lambda) = \lambda^{\tau+\sigma}(\lambda-1)^n + p\lambda^\sigma(\lambda-1)^n + q\lambda^\tau \] with the five parameters \(n\), \(\tau \in \mathbb N\), \(\sigma \in \mathbb N_0\) and \(p\), \(q \in \mathbb R\). This polynomial arises from the characteristic equation of the neutral difference equation with delay \[ \Delta^n(x_k+px_{k-\tau})+qx_{k-\sigma}=0 , \quad k \in \mathbb N_0 , \] which is used to model population dynamics. The authors give a complete set of discriminatory criteria for \(f\) to have a positive root. Their investigations are based on the theory of envelopes.
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polynomial
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characteristic equation
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neutral difference equation
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oscillation
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envelope
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