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Are large powers of polynomials linearly independent?

Let $P_1,\dots,P_k$ be polynomials over $\mathbf{C}$, no two of them being proportional. Does there exist an integer $N$ such that $P_1^N,\dots,P_k^N$ are linearly independent?
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Is the Zariski density proof of Cayley-Hamilton circular?

This old MO thread and its comments contains a discussion of the Zariski density proof of Cayley-Hamilton (I have also asked a separate question about the proof Victor gives in the comments here). ...
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Irreducibility of a resultant of real and imaginary parts of a characteristic polynomial

The following question is motivated by the study of a stability border for a robust linear time-invariant control system. Let us we have an affine family of $n\times n$ matrices with indeterminate ($\...
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