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TauCeti.Algebra.Polynomial.Eval.Sign

Polynomial evaluation signs under ordered embeddings #

Mapping coefficients and the evaluation point through a strictly monotone ring homomorphism preserves the sign of the value. This applies to embeddings into ordered real closures.

theorem Polynomial.sign_eval_map {R : Type u_1} {S : Type u_2} [Semiring R] [LinearOrder R] [Semiring S] [Preorder S] [DecidableLT S] (p : Polynomial R) (f : R →+* S) (hf : StrictMono ⇑f) (x : R) :

Mapping a polynomial and its evaluation point through a strictly monotone ring homomorphism preserves its sign.