1976
DOI: 10.2307/2041850
|View full text |Cite
|
Sign up to set email alerts
|

Remarks on the Gauss-Lucas Theorem in Higher Dimensional Space

Abstract: Abstract.A recent paper by J. B. Diaz and Dorothy Browne Shaffer extends the Gauss-Lucas Theorem to n-dimensional Euclidean space. The authors leave open certain natural questions concerning the existence of "zeros of the derivative". This paper answers three such questions, and suggests several other questions for further investigation.

Help me understand this report

Search citation statements

Order By: Relevance

Paper Sections

Select...
1
1

Citation Types

0
2
0

Year Published

2011
2011
2015
2015

Publication Types

Select...
1
1

Relationship

0
2

Authors

Journals

citations
Cited by 2 publications
(2 citation statements)
references
References 1 publication
0
2
0
Order By: Relevance
“…First, we remark that since all the charges are positive, it is a direct consequence of the generalized Lucas theorem, proved in [3] (see also [6]), that all the critical points lie in a convex hall of the point charges. Therefore, it is clear that an equilibrium position r (n, β) cannot exceed (the length of) an apothem of a regular polygon, for all non-negative β and all n ≥ 3.…”
Section: Asymptotic Behavior Of Critical Pointsmentioning
confidence: 88%
“…First, we remark that since all the charges are positive, it is a direct consequence of the generalized Lucas theorem, proved in [3] (see also [6]), that all the critical points lie in a convex hall of the point charges. Therefore, it is clear that an equilibrium position r (n, β) cannot exceed (the length of) an apothem of a regular polygon, for all non-negative β and all n ≥ 3.…”
Section: Asymptotic Behavior Of Critical Pointsmentioning
confidence: 88%
“…for n ≥ 3. Some further generalizations of the Gauss-Lucas theorem to higher dimensions can be found in [27], also cf. [20].…”
Section: Maxwell's Conjecturementioning
confidence: 99%