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Document Type
Article
Date of this Version
4-1968
Abstract
For a polynomial P(z) = α0 + α1z + ... + αnzn = αn (z – z1) (z – z2) ... (z – zn), the power sums Sm = ∑ n k=1 zm k, m = 1, 2, ... , can be calculated from the formulas ...
Comments
Published in The American Mathematical Monthly, Vol. 75, No. 4 (Apr., 1968), pp. 396-397 Copyright 1968 Mathematical Association of America. Used by permission.