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Abel's theorem in problems and solutions - School of Mathematics

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74 Chapter 2<br />

polynomials <strong>of</strong> first degree <strong>and</strong> those <strong>of</strong> second degree with no real roots.<br />

We had used this property <strong>in</strong> §2.3 <strong>of</strong> this chapter. Over the field <strong>of</strong> complex<br />

numbers, accord<strong>in</strong>g to the result <strong>of</strong> Problem 269, only polynomials<br />

<strong>of</strong> first degree are irreducible.<br />

DEFINITION. Let be a root <strong>of</strong> the equation<br />

One says that is a root <strong>of</strong> order if the polynomial<br />

is divisible by <strong>and</strong> not by<br />

273. Which is the order <strong>of</strong> the roots <strong>and</strong> <strong>in</strong> the equation<br />

DEFINITION. One calls the derivative <strong>of</strong> the polynomial<br />

the polynomial<br />

The derivative is usually denoted by the (prime).<br />

274. Let <strong>and</strong> be two polynomials. Prove that: a)<br />

where is an arbitrary<br />

complex constant; c)<br />

275. Let <strong>in</strong>teger). Prove that<br />

276. Prove that if the equation has a root <strong>of</strong> order<br />

then the equation has a root <strong>of</strong> order <strong>and</strong> that if the<br />

equation has a root <strong>of</strong> first order then<br />

2.9 The Riemann surface <strong>of</strong> the function<br />

We had considered s<strong>in</strong>gle-valued functions for which there corresponds<br />

a unique value <strong>of</strong> the function to every value <strong>of</strong> the <strong>in</strong>dependent variable.<br />

In what follows we will deal ma<strong>in</strong>ly with multi-valued functions,<br />

for which there correspond dist<strong>in</strong>ct values <strong>of</strong> the function to a value <strong>of</strong><br />

the <strong>in</strong>dependent variable 11 . We will expla<strong>in</strong> the reason for our <strong>in</strong>terest<br />

11 Whenever the context is sufficiently clear the term multi-valued will be omitted.

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