For any real and such that , let and be real polynomials of degree , and denote the number of sign changes in the sequence . Then the number of zeros in the interval (each zero counted with proper multiplicity) equals minus an even nonnegative integer.
Fourier-Budan Theorem
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References
Henrici, P. Applied and Computational Complex Analysis, Vol. 1: Power Series-Integration-Conformal Mapping-Location of Zeros. New York: Wiley, p. 443, 1988.Referenced on Wolfram|Alpha
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