Are the coefficients of a polynomial well-conditioned functions of its roots? (Q1203402)

The author shows that the coefficients of a polynomial can be rather ill- conditioned functions of its given roots. In certain cases, the coefficients are well-conditioned. He introduces and studies the condition number for the sensitivity of the polynomial coefficients \(a_ k\) to changes in the root \(x_ 1\) and develops an algorithm to compute the condition numbers and to decide whether a given set of roots will generate the polynomial coefficients in an ill-conditioned way.