Finite-height polynomial root avoidance

ID: finite-height-polynomial-root-avoidance

Suppose has degree in and a nonzero constant leading coefficient . Among the heights , at least one satisfies
at each real . Factor into linear factors with multiplicity. Each root's imaginary part can be within distance less than one of at most one candidate height. The pigeonhole principle leaves a height whose distance from every root is at least one, proving the product bound. The height can be chosen measurably: the set where a candidate succeeds is the closed intersection of over rational , and selecting the first successful candidate gives a Borel set partition. This avoids any need for continuous global root labels.

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