On the determination of the number of positive and negative polynomial zeros and their isolation

DOI10.1515/MATH-2020-0079MaRDI QIDQ2053518zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Emil M. Prodanov

Publication date 29 November 2021

Published in Open Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1901.05960

zbMATH Keywords

Descartes ruleisolation intervalsroots of equations

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Polynomials in real and complex fields: location of zeros (algebraic theorems) (12D10) Real polynomials: location of zeros (26C10) Numerical computation of solutions to single equations (65H05)

Abstract: A novel method with two variations is proposed with which the number of positive and negative zeros of a polynomial with real coefficients and degree $n$ can be restricted with significantly better determinacy than that provided by the Descartes rule of signs and also isolate quite successfully the zeros of the polynomial. The method relies on solving equations of degree smaller than that of the given polynomial. One can determine analytically the exact number of positive and negative zeros of a polynomial of degree up to and including five and also fully isolate the zeros of the polynomial analytically and with one of the variations of the method, one can analytically approach polynomials of degree up to and including nine by solving equations of degree no more than four. For polynomials of higher degree, either of the two variations of the method should be applied recursively. Full classification of the roots of the cubic equation, together with their isolation intervals, is presented. Numerous examples are given.

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