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Euclidean division of a polynomial by a monic polynomial does not introduce divisions of coefficients. Therefore, it is defined for polynomials with coefficients in a commutative ring. Algebraic integers are defined as the roots of monic polynomials with integer coefficients.
The roots of the characteristic polynomial () are the eigenvalues of ().If there are n distinct eigenvalues , …,, then () is diagonalizable as () =, where D is the diagonal matrix and V is the Vandermonde matrix corresponding to the λ 's: = [], = [].
If x is an algebraic number then a n x is an algebraic integer, where x satisfies a polynomial p(x) with integer coefficients and where a n x n is the highest-degree term of p(x). The value y = a n x is an algebraic integer because it is a root of q(y) = a n − 1 n p(y /a n), where q(y) is a monic polynomial with integer coefficients.
In linear algebra, the minimal polynomial μ A of an n × n matrix A over a field F is the monic polynomial P over F of least degree such that P(A) = 0. Any other polynomial Q with Q(A) = 0 is a (polynomial) multiple of μ A. The following three statements are equivalent: λ is a root of μ A, λ is a root of the characteristic polynomial χ A ...
This shows that an algebraic number can be equivalently defined as a root of a polynomial with either integer or rational coefficients. Given an algebraic number, there is a unique monic polynomial with rational coefficients of least degree that has the number as a root. This polynomial is called its minimal polynomial.
The minimal polynomial of an algebraic element x of L is irreducible, and is the unique monic irreducible polynomial of which x is a root. The minimal polynomial of x divides every polynomial which has x as a root (this is Abel's irreducibility theorem).
That polynomial differs from the one defined here by a sign (), so it makes no difference for properties like having as roots the eigenvalues of ; however the definition above always gives a monic polynomial, whereas the alternative definition is monic only when is even.
Monic morphism, a special kind of morphism in category theory Monic polynomial , a polynomial whose leading coefficient is one A synonym for monogenic , which has multiple uses in mathematics