On the distance between the roots of a polynomial (Q1901472)
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On the distance between the roots of a polynomial (English)
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16 November 1995
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A polynomial has coincident roots iff its discriminant vanishes. When the discriminant is nonzero, a lower bound for the distance between pairs of roots can be described through the values of the discriminant. The author provides such a bound, strengthening a result of A. Dubickas.
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roots of polynomial
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separation of roots
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complex polynomials
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zeros
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