Abstract
It is shown that if the imaginary parts of the roots λi(s) of a polynomial P(λ, s), s∈Rn, are unbounded for large |s|, then they are in fact unbounded along a one-parameter algebraic curve s=s(R). The result may be used to reduce certain questions about polynomials in several variables to an essentially one-dimensional form; this is illustrated by an application to hyperbolic polynomials.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 451-456 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Mar 1971 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Hyperbolic polynomials
- Roots of polynomials
- Seidenberg-Tarski theorem
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Mathematics
- Applied Mathematics