Timeline for Bounds on the largest root of a polynomial
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| Nov 14, 2013 at 23:38 | comment | added | Kevin P. Costello | If you want something non-asymptotic that's easily certifiable, you can expand $k^{15}f(k+\frac{1}{k}-\frac{1}{k^2}-\frac{3}{k^3}+\frac{4}{k^4}+\frac{7}{k^5})$ in powers of $(k-5)$. Every coefficient is negative, so $f$ must be less than $0$ there. | |
| Nov 14, 2013 at 2:55 | history | answered | Jacques Carette | CC BY-SA 3.0 |