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How are the roots of a polynomial distributed (in ℂ)? The question is too vague for if one chooses one’s favourite complex numbers z1, z2, ⋯, zd then the polynomial Πd j=1(x - zj) has its roots at these points.
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Granville, A. (2007). THE DISTRIBUTION OF ROOTS OF A POLYNOMIAL. In: Granville, A., Rudnick, Z. (eds) Equidistribution in Number Theory, An Introduction. NATO Science Series, vol 237. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-5404-4_6
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