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Can the equation $1+z+z^q=z^n$ have multiple complex roots $z$?

It is proved here that the equation $1+z+z^2=z^n$ have no multiple complex roots. Q. Let us consider the equation $1+z+z^q=z^n$ where $q$ and $n$ are natural numbers with $1<q<n$. Any ...
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How to prove or disprove $ |r'(a)| \leq c_1 \sup_{x \in [a-1/2,a+1/2]} |r(x)|$?

Let $ A = \begin{bmatrix} a & 1 \\ 0 & a \end{bmatrix}$ be a Jordan matrix with $ -1 < a < 1 $. Let $r(z) = \frac{p(z)}{q(z)}$ be an irreducible rational function, where $p(...
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Regarding upper semicontinuity of a function

Let $E$ be a linear subspace of $\mathbb{C}^{n\times n}$. Define the function $\mu_E:\mathbb{C}^{n\times n}\longrightarrow \mathbb{R}_+$ as $$ \mu_E(A)=\frac{1}{\inf\{\|X\|:X\in E\text{ and }\det(I_n-...
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Continuity of eigenvectors

Let $\mathbb{C} \ni z \mapsto M(z)$ be a square matrix depending holomorphically on a parameter $z$ with the property that $\operatorname{dim}\ker(M(z)))=1$ for $z $ away from a discrete set $D \...
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Conditions to obtain a real logarithm of a unitary unimodular complex matrix?

The problem statement is the following: $$U=\exp\{iV\}$$ where $U$ is a unitary unimodular matrix of the following form: $$U=\begin{bmatrix}u_1+iu_2&u_3+iu_4\\-u_3+iu_4&u_1-iu_2\end{bmatrix}...
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inner product on matrix spaces of multivariate polynomials?

Let $H_{n,d}=\mathbb{R}_d[x_1,..,x_n]$ be the space of $n$-variate homogeneous degree $d$ polynomials, $D=D^\top\in \mathbb{N}^{m\times m}$ a symmetric $m\times m$ matrix. Consider the space $P_D$ of ...