ArticleOriginal scientific text

Title

On the approximate roots of polynomials

Authors 1, 1

Affiliations

  1. Department of Mathematics, Technical University, Al. Tysiąclecia 7, 25-314 Kielce, Poland

Abstract

We give a simplified approach to the Abhyankar-Moh theory of approximate roots. Our considerations are based on properties of the intersection multiplicity of local curves.

Keywords

approximate root, semigroup of an analytic curve, irreducibility criterion

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Pages:
199-210
Main language of publication
English
Received
1993-05-17
Published
1995
Exact and natural sciences