Tag synthetic division

Descarte’s Rule of Signs

If a polynomial \(f(x)\) has real coefficients, and has a nonzero constant term, then the number of positive real roots is the number of...

Polynomials

Remainder Theorem If a polynomial \(p(x)\) is divided by \(x-r\), then the remainder is \(p(r)\). To prove this, let \(p(x)=Q(x)(x-r) +...