Descartes’ rule of signs can be used to determine how many positive and negative real roots a polynomial has. It involves counting the number of sign changes in f(x) for positive roots and f(-x) for negative roots. The number of real roots may also be given by the number of sign changes minus an even integer.
Descartes rule of signs
Algebra
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