Tuesday, December 10, 2002
"Magidin-McKinnon Theorem"
I'm curious about the newsgroup reaction to a claim I often seen made in posts that Magidin, and I guess some other guy named McKinnon deserve credit for the following:
Any polynomial P(x) with integer coefficients of degree n can be written as
(a1 x + b1)...(an x + bn)
where the a's and b's are algebraic integers.
And in fact not only have many claimed that Magidin and McKinnon (though I don't see his name come up as much) should get credit for this, but they have been quite heated in their defense, when I've challenged their assertion, and heaping in their praise of Magidin.
I'm just curious if sci.math, in general, agrees.
Any polynomial P(x) with integer coefficients of degree n can be written as
(a1 x + b1)...(an x + bn)
where the a's and b's are algebraic integers.
And in fact not only have many claimed that Magidin and McKinnon (though I don't see his name come up as much) should get credit for this, but they have been quite heated in their defense, when I've challenged their assertion, and heaping in their praise of Magidin.
I'm just curious if sci.math, in general, agrees.
# posted by James Harris @ 11:44 
