Timeline for A polynomial with at least a simple root

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Jun 26 at 0:51	comment	added	GH from MO		This question was asked and answered before: mathoverflow.net/q/81732
Jun 25 at 22:26	history	became hot network question
Jun 25 at 15:09	vote	accept	loup blanc
Jun 25 at 14:47	history	edited	loup blanc	CC BY-SA 4.0	added 28 characters in body
Jun 25 at 14:41	history	edited	loup blanc	CC BY-SA 4.0	added 28 characters in body
Jun 25 at 14:36	history	edited	LSpice	CC BY-SA 4.0	$\textbf{Question}.$ -> Question.
Jun 25 at 14:36	answer	added	Will Sawin		timeline score: 15
Jun 25 at 14:35	comment	added	YCor		You certainly need to assume that $f$ is not constant.
Jun 25 at 14:34	comment	added	YCor		@AlekseiKulikov I know, I erased it before you replied. Sorry.
Jun 25 at 14:33	comment	added	Aleksei Kulikov		@YCor Jochen does not say that you can replace $b$ by $0$, but that you can replace $b$ by $1$.
Jun 25 at 14:32	history	edited	loup blanc	CC BY-SA 4.0	added 61 characters in body
Jun 25 at 14:32	comment	added	Jochen Wengenroth		($b$ is unnecessary since you can replace $f-a$ by $(f-a)/b$, hence $b=1$ is enough)
Jun 25 at 14:30	comment	added	YCor		($a$ is unnecessary since you can replace $f$ with $f-a$)
Jun 25 at 14:29	comment	added	YCor		What is the question?
Jun 25 at 14:23	history	asked	loup blanc	CC BY-SA 4.0