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An inequality for a pair of polynomials that are relatively prime

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 April 2009

K. Mahler
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Canberra, 19 February, 1964. Mathematics Department IAS, Australian National University.
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Let f(x) and g(x) be two polynomials with arbitrary complex coefficients that are relatively prime. Hence the maximum is positive for all complex x. Since m(x) is continuous and tends to infinity with |x|, the quantity E(f, g) = min m(x) is therefore also positive.

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Research Article
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Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1964

References

1 Approximation of algebraic numbers by algebraic numbers, Michigan Math. J. 8 (1961), 149–159.