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单词 ProofOfFactorTheoremDueToFermat
释义

proof of factor theorem due to Fermat


Lemma (cf. factor theorem).  If the polynomialMathworldPlanetmathPlanetmathPlanetmath

f(x):=a0xn+a1xn-1++an-1x+an

vanishes at  x=c,  then it is divisible by the differencePlanetmathPlanetmath x-c, i.e. there is valid the identic equation

f(x)(x-c)q(x)(1)

where q(x) is a polynomial of degree n-1, beginning with the a0xn-1.

The lemma is here proved by using only the properties of the multiplicationPlanetmathPlanetmath and addition, not the division.

Proof.  If we denote  x-c=y,  we may write the given polynomial in the form

f(x)=a0(y+c)n+a1(y+c)n-1++an-1(y+c)+an.

It’s clear that every (y+c)k is a polynomial of degree k with respect to y, where yk has the coefficient 1 and the is ck.  This implies that f(x) may be written as a polynomial of degree n with respect to y, where yn has the coefficient a0 and the on y is equal to  a0cn+a1cn-1++an-1c+an, i.e. f(c).  So we have

f(x)=a0yn+b1yn-1+b2yn-2++bn-1y+f(c)=f(c)+y(a0yn-1+b1yn-2++bn-1+an),

where  b1,b2,,bn-1  are certain coefficients.  If we return to the indeterminateMathworldPlanetmath x by substituting in the last identic equation x-c for y, we get

f(x)f(c)+(x-c)[a0(x-c)n-1+b1(x-c)n-2++bn-1].

When the powers (x-c)k are expanded to polynomials, we see that the expression in the brackets is a polynomial q(x) of degree  n-1  with respect to x and with the coefficient a0 of xn-1.  Thus we obtain

f(x)f(c)+(x-c)q(x).(2)

This result is true independently on the value of c.  If this value is chosen such that  f(c)=0,  then (2) reduces to (1), Q. E. D.

References

  • 1 Ernst Lindelöf: Johdatus korkeampaan analyysiin (‘Introduction to Higher Analysis’).  Fourth edition. WSOY, Helsinki (1956).
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