An elementary algebraic proof of the fundamental theorem of algebra
Abstract
We provide a new, elementary, algebraic proof of the fundamental theorem of algebra. Furthermore, the method recovers a more general version of the theorem recently obtained by Joseph Shipman. The key idea is to understand extension fields in which a polynomial gains a factor of a given degree.
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