The Casas-Alvero conjecture is a problem in mathematics about polynomials which have factors in common with their derivatives, proposed by Eduardo Casas-Alvero in 2001. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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StatementIf a polynomial f has a factor in common with each of its derivatives of order 1 to d-1, then f must be a power of a linear polynomial. 1 Proposed Year Progress Toward ResolutionKnown to hold in characteristic zero for degrees of the form p^k or 2p^k, where p is prime and k is a positive integer. 1 Classification
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1. Casas-Alvero Conjecture (Wikipedia)
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proposed by Eduardo Casas-Alvero in 2001
Formal statement
then the conjecture predicts that f must be a power of a linear polynomial.
Special cases
The conjecture is known to hold in characteristic zero for degrees of the form
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