Consider a real quintic polynomial
p(x;α,β)=a0(α,β)+a1(α,β)x+a2(α,β)x2+a3(α,β)x3+a4(α,β)x4−x5
with real valued functions ai defined by
∀i∈{1,…,5}ai:Ω→R,
where Ω⊂R2.
I'd like to proof, that p has only real roots in x for all (α,β)∈Ω. A proof relying on Sturm's Theorem seems not feasible as the given functions αi are quite complex expressions themselves. Is there an easier method to accomplish this?
Answer
I assume all ai are continuous.
Compute the discriminant D(α,β) of the polynomial. If the set D−1(0)⊆Ω has no interior points, it is suficient to check a single (α,β) per connected component of Ω∖D−1(0).
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