Continuity of the roots of a polynomial

DOI10.1080/00927872.2023.2301540arXiv2206.13013MaRDI QIDQ6129285FDOQ6129285

Authors: Melvyn B. Nathanson, David A. Ross 

Publication date: 16 April 2024

Published in: Communications in Algebra (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Let $K$ be an algebraically closed field with an absolute value. This note gives an elementary proof of the classical result that the roots of a polynomial with coefficients in $K$ are continuous functions of the coefficients of the polynomial.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2206.13013

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• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 714616

zbMATH Keywords

polynomialsroots of polynomialselementary methodscontinuity of rootsdeformations of polynomial

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Polynomials in general fields (irreducibility, etc.) (12E05) Valued fields (12J10) Polynomials in real and complex fields: location of zeros (algebraic theorems) (12D10) Nonstandard arithmetic and field theory (12L15)

Cited In (1)

• On continuous parameter dependence of roots of analytic functions

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