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Geometry of a Family of Quartic Polynomials

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  • Christopher Frayer (University of Wisconsin - Platteville)
  • Lukas Smith (University of Wisconsin - Platteville)

Abstract

For a fixed $\mathcal{A} \in \mathbb{C}$ with $|\mathcal{A}|=1$, this paper characterizes critical points of polynomials of the form $p(z)=(z-1)(z-\mathcal{A})(z-r_1)(z-r_2)$ with $|r_1|=|r_2|=1$.

Keywords: Geometry of Polynomials, critical points, Gauss-Lucas Theorem

How to Cite:

Frayer, C. & Smith, L., (2021) “Geometry of a Family of Quartic Polynomials”, North Carolina Journal of Mathematics and Statistics 7(1).

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2021-07-12

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