Rational multiplicity bound for a linear auxiliary polynomial

ID: rational-multiplicity-bound-for-a-linear-auxiliary-polynomial

Let with linearly independent, , and . For every , if a reduced rational has sufficiently large denominator in terms of and , then has multiplicity at most at , for every fixed real .
Indeed, the nonzero Wronskian
has degree below and height at most . A zero of multiplicity of forces a zero of multiplicity at least of . By Gauss lemma for polynomials, then divides in , so divides the leading coefficient of and is at most .

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