Re: a polynomial with positive real roots

From: *** T. Winter (***.Winter_at_cwi.nl)
Date: 01/11/05


Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 13:14:48 GMT

In article <1105446081.553817.323890@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com> "Amanda" <sca18@hotmail.com> writes:
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> Lucas's theorem deals only with open half planes, right? That is, it's
> proof assumes the roots of P are in an open half plane, isn't it?

But a closed half plane is the intersection of infinitely many open
half planes, so it follows that the theorem also holds for closed
half planes.

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