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Classifying zeros of two-sided quaternionic polynomials and computing zeros of two-sided polynomials with complex coefficients

Feng Lianggui and Zhao Kaiming

Vol. 262 (2013), No. 2, 317–337
Abstract

We improve the method of Janovská and Opfer for computing the zeros on the surface of a given sphere for a quaternionic two-sided polynomial. We classify the zeros of quaternionic two-sided polynomials into three types —isolated, spherical and circular—and characterize each type. We provide a method to find all quaternion zeros for two-sided polynomials with complex coefficients. We also establish standard formulae for roots of a quadratic two-sided polynomial with complex coefficients, which yields a simpler and more efficient algorithm to produce all zeros in the quadratic case.

Keywords
quaternion, root, two-sided polynomial
Mathematical Subject Classification 2010
Primary: 11R52, 12Y05, 12E15
Secondary: 15A03
Milestones
Received: 1 February 2012
Revised: 8 October 2012
Accepted: 13 October 2012
Published: 16 April 2013
Authors
Feng Lianggui
Department of Mathematics and Systems Science
National University of Defense Technology
Changsha, 410073
China
Zhao Kaiming
Department of Mathematics
Wilfrid Laurier University
Waterloo, ON N2L 3C5
Canada
College of Mathematics and Information Science
Hebei Normal Teachers University
Shijiazhuang
Hebei, 050016
China