The quotient by a Weierstrass polynomial #
For a Weierstrass polynomial W ∈ (Conv K m)[X] (monic of degree d, lower coefficients
vanishing at 0), P := convPolyEval W ∈ Conv K (m+1) is x_0-regular of order d
(isRegularIn_convPolyEval_weierstrassPolynomial), and evaluation at x_0 induces a ring
isomorphism (Conv K m)[X] ⧸ (W) ≃+* Conv K (m+1) ⧸ (P) (exists_ringEquiv_quotient_weierstrass,
stated with the inverse direction and the compatibility e (mk (convPolyEval q)) = mk q): it is
surjective because the Weierstrass division writes every element as q P + r with r of
x_0-degree < d, and r is the evaluation of the polynomial of its slices; it is injective
because a polynomial Q with convPolyEval Q ∈ (P) has remainder Q %ₘ W whose evaluation is
both q' P + 0 and 0 · P + (itself), so by uniqueness of the division it vanishes, and
convPolyEval is injective on polynomials (convPolyEval_injective: the x_0-slices of
convPolyEval Q are the coefficients of Q). This is the convergent analogue of Mathlib's
Polynomial.IsDistinguishedAt.algEquivQuotient for formal power series, and a standard step of
the theory of [GR65, Chapter II, §B]; the unique factorization argument (UFD.lean) rests on it.
The coefficient field K is ℝ or ℂ ([RCLike K]).
convPolyEval Q as the finite sum of its terms.
The x_0-slices of convPolyEval Q are the coefficients of Q.
convPolyEval is injective.
A Weierstrass polynomial with coefficients vanishing at 0 is x_0-regular of order d (the
printed condition μ_0(c_j) ≥ j of [BM88, proof of Theorem 4.4, p. 24, item (2)]).
For a Weierstrass polynomial W over Conv K m, Conv K (m+1) ⧸ (W(x_0)) is isomorphic to
(Conv K m)[X] ⧸ (W), compatibly with the evaluation at x_0 [GR65, Chapter II, §B] (the
convergent analogue of Mathlib's Polynomial.IsDistinguishedAt.algEquivQuotient), from the
convergent Weierstrass division.