Proof
The polynomial remainder theorem follows from the definition of polynomial long division; denoting the divisor, quotient and remainder by, respectively, and, polynomial long division gives a solution of the equation
where the degree of is less than that of .
If we take as the divisor, giving the degree of as 0, i.e. :
Setting we obtain:
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