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The name in German means “Theorem on Locations of Zeroes”, and Hilbert’s theorem remains the gold standard in determining when equations are solvable over the complex numbers. The chapter also gives an example of how effective versions of the Nullstellensatz help in finding equations to begin with.
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Lipton, R.J., Regan, K.W. (2013). David Hilbert: The Nullstellensatz. In: People, Problems, and Proofs. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-41422-0_45
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