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Zeros of quaternion polynomials. (English) Zbl 0979.30030
For each $$q \in \mathbb H$$ let $$[q]$$ be the equivalence class of all elements $$q'$$ having the form $$xqx^{-1}$$ with some $$x \in \mathbb H$$. Then the authors show that for a quaternionic polynomial of the form $$f(x) = (x - x_1)\dots (x - x_n)$$ the subset $$\text{zero}(f) \cap [x_r]$$ is nonempty for each $$r$$. This leads to a computational method to determine the zeros of the polynomial.

##### MSC:
 30G35 Functions of hypercomplex variables and generalized variables 30C15 Zeros of polynomials, rational functions, and other analytic functions of one complex variable (e.g., zeros of functions with bounded Dirichlet integral)
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