I have known some Sufficient Condition for All the Roots of a Polynomial To Be Real. Is there any sufficient condition that a polynomial of degree $n$ has $n$ distinct roots? For $n=2$, it is trivial.
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3Have you read about [discriminants](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discriminant)? – 2011-11-24
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The condition, over a field of characteristic 0 (or characteristic greater than the degree), is that the gcd of the polynomial and its derivative is 1.
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1@Sunni You ask for only a sufficient condition in your post. But note that this is both necessary and sufficient. – 2011-11-24