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Vieta formulas
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2026-09-28
For
a
monic polynomial
X
n
+
c
1
X
n
−
1
+
⋯
+
c
n
=
∏
i
=
1
n
(
X
−
r
i
)
,
(1)
the Vieta
formulas
identify
(
−
1
)
k
c
k
with the
k
th
elementary symmetric polynomial
in the
roots
. In particular,
∏
i
r
i
=
(
−
1
)
n
c
n
.
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