Formal Version
Let be a polynomial with complex coefficients, and be in an integral domain (e.g. ). Then if and only if can be written in the form where is also a polynomial. is determined uniquely.
This indicates that those for which are precisely the roots of . Repeated roots can be found by application of the theorem to the quotient, which may be found by polynomial long division.
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