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expansion; one eventually obtains
(2.164)
after merging Eqs. (2.161) and (2.163), or else
upon straightforward algebraic simplification. If ξ = r1 is a root of Pn {x}, then
(2.166)
by definition; hence, Eq. (2.165) degenerates to
(2.167)
– so x − r1 may be factored out to produce
therefore, r1 being a root of Pn implies indeed that x − r1 is a factor of Pn – in full agreement with Eq. (2.159).
Inspection of Eq. (2.168) indicates that an (n − 1)th degree polynomial has been produced, viz.
which may be reformulated to
(2.170)
– obtained after applying Newton’s binomial formula (to be derived shortly) in expansion of all powers of x − r1, and then lumping terms associated with the same power of x so as to produce coefficients bj; one may again proceed to Taylor’s expansion of Pn−1{x} as
in parallel to Eq. (2.161), since nth‐ and higher‐order derivatives of Pn−1{x} are nil. The resulting coefficients in Eq. (2.171) read
(2.172)
or, equivalently,
here b1, b2, …, bn−2 denote intermediate coefficients of Taylor’s expansion. Equation (2.173) may then be taken advantage of to rewrite Eq. (2.171) as
(2.174)
where cancelation of (n − 1)! between numerator and denominator of the last term unfolds
If one sets ξ equal to a root r2 of Pn−1{x}, abiding to
(2.176)
then Eq. (2.175) simplifies to
since x − r2 appears in all terms of Eq. (2.177), it may be factored out to yield
– so insertion of Eq. (2.178) transforms Eqs. (2.168) and (2.169) to
as long as
(2.180)
The above process may be iterated as many times as the number of roots – knowing that an nth‐degree polynomial holds n roots, i.e. r1, r2, …, rn (even though some of them may coincide); the final polynomial will accordingly look like
(2.181)
– in line with Eqs. (2.165) and (2.175), and consequently
will appear as general factorized form of any given polynomial, as suggested by Eqs. (2.168) and (2.179).
One important consequence of the extended product form of Eq. (2.182) is that the coefficients of each power in the original polynomial Pn {x} bear a direct relationship to its roots, according to