Departamento de Ciências de Computação e Estatística, IBILCE, Universidade Estadual Paulista, 15054-000 São José do Rio Preto, SP, Brazil
Abstract:
The classical Gauss-Lucas Theorem states that all the critical points (zeros of the derivative) of a nonconstant polynomial lie in the convex hull of the zeros of . It is proved that, actually, a subdomain of contains the critical points of .