From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.science.mathematics.categories/3202 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "John Baez" Newsgroups: gmane.science.mathematics.categories Subject: re: fundamental theorem of algebra Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 11:39:16 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1241019153 7683 80.91.229.2 (29 Apr 2009 15:32:33 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 15:32:33 +0000 (UTC) To: categories@mta.ca (categories) Original-X-From: rrosebru@mta.ca Fri Mar 31 19:33:36 2006 -0400 Return-path: Envelope-to: categories-list@mta.ca Delivery-date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 19:33:36 -0400 Original-Received: from Majordom by mailserv.mta.ca with local (Exim 4.52) id 1FPT6q-0005Sd-DW for categories-list@mta.ca; Fri, 31 Mar 2006 19:32:52 -0400 Original-Sender: cat-dist@mta.ca Precedence: bulk X-Keywords: X-UID: 148 Original-Lines: 20 Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.science.mathematics.categories:3202 Archived-At: A couple of mistakes. I wrote: >I really doubt those authors were unaware of the topological proof >of the fundamental theorem of calculus in 1987. I meant "fundamental theorem of algebra". >Gauss argues that far from the origin, S and T are smooth curves. >Because the leading term of the polynomial dominates the rest, >each of these curves intersects any sufficiently large circle >transversely at n points. Should be: any sufficiently large circle centered at the origin. Best, jb