Prove that for every positive integers and there exist monic polynomials of degree with integer coefficient such that each two of them have no common factor and the sum of each arbitrary number of them has all its roots real.
Solution
For each we define
We claim that these polynomials satisfy the problem condition.
For each and each , has exactly one simple root in the interval so invoking the *mean value theorem* we deduce that and have different signs. Note that because is monic and so is positive for large positive values and does not have any root greater than . Thus for each , if and if .
Now let where are distinct. Obviously is a polynomial of degree .
For each , numbers and have different signs
because have this property. So again according to mean value theorem
we deduce that has a root in the interval and has at
most real roots so all its roots are real, hence the claim is proved.
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