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Polynomial roots — the ladder

One essay so far against this idea. A ladder is the distinct arguments that stand against one idea, and this one has room to grow.
  1. radius 0.40 turns0 roots insideradius 10 turns0 roots insideradius 1.42 turns2 roots insideradius 23 turns3 roots insidep(z) = z³ − 2z + 2 — as the circle grows, the number of turns steps up from 0 to 3the count can only change by the image crossing the origin, and a crossing is a root

    A loop that cannot miss the middle

    Feed a circle into a polynomial and a closed loop comes out. A small circle gives a loop that does not enclose the origin; a large one gives a loop that goes round it as many times as the degree. Something has to happen in between, and that something is a root.

    rung 1 · algebra

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