Ivan Shishkin, Rye (1878)

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Real roots and derivative polynomial

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Solution by Anduril · EN

For the first part, use Rolle’s Theorem and the fact that if a is a root of P with the order p then it is a root of P' of order p-1 so if we have the roots a1a_{1},...,ama_{m} with multiplicities
n1n_{1},...,nmn_{m}, we have m-1 roots for P' that are not those of P with Rolle and nin_{i}-1 from each root aia_{i} of P so in total
i=1m(ni1)+m1=(i=1mni)1=deg(P)1=deg(P)\sum_{i=1}^{m} (n_i - 1) + m - 1 = \left( \sum_{i=1}^{m} n_i \right) - 1 = \deg(P) - 1 = \deg(P')

The second point is wrong, just consider X2X^{2}+1 for P.

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