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Two problems where the factor theorem is commonly applied are those of factoring a polynomial and finding the roots of a polynomial equation; it is a direct consequence of the theorem that these problems are essentially equivalent.
PlanetMath: Proof of fundamental theorem of arithmetic; Fermat's Last Theorem Blog: Unique Factorization, a blog that covers the history of Fermat's Last Theorem from Diophantus of Alexandria to the proof by Andrew Wiles. "Fundamental Theorem of Arithmetic" by Hector Zenil, Wolfram Demonstrations Project, 2007.
Thus, the function may be more "cheaply" evaluated using synthetic division and the polynomial remainder theorem. The factor theorem is another application of the remainder theorem: if the remainder is zero, then the linear divisor is a factor. Repeated application of the factor theorem may be used to factorize the polynomial. [3]
In the mathematical discipline of graph theory, the 2-factor theorem, discovered by Julius Petersen, is one of the earliest works in graph theory. It can be stated as follows: [ 1 ] Let G {\displaystyle G} be a regular graph whose degree is an even number, 2 k {\displaystyle 2k} .
The theorem was first stated by Ibn al-Haytham c. 1000 AD. [2] Edward Waring announced the theorem in 1770 without proving it, crediting his student John Wilson for the discovery. [3] Lagrange gave the first proof in 1771. [4] There is evidence that Leibniz was also aware of the result a century earlier, but never published it. [5]
Modern algorithms and computers can quickly factor univariate polynomials of degree more than 1000 having coefficients with thousands of digits. [3] For this purpose, even for factoring over the rational numbers and number fields , a fundamental step is a factorization of a polynomial over a finite field .
It is clear that any finite set {} of points in the complex plane has an associated polynomial = whose zeroes are precisely at the points of that set. The converse is a consequence of the fundamental theorem of algebra: any polynomial function () in the complex plane has a factorization = (), where a is a non-zero constant and {} is the set of zeroes of ().
where Q(x) is the quotient of Euclidean division of P(x) = 0 by the linear (degree one) factor x – r. If the coefficients of P(x) are real or complex numbers, the fundamental theorem of algebra asserts that P(x) has a real or complex root. Using the factor theorem recursively, it results that