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The preparation polynomial is used to determine the essential singular zeros of a differential polynomial.
Studying the degree in (or ) and its derivatives in these preparation polynomials, we can deduce that is an essential singular zero of while is not.
The preparation polynomial can be used to further study the relationships between the general zero and the singular zeros of .
The general zero of is an essential singular zero of while the general zero of is not. Thus, the straight lines , zeros of , must be limits of either some non singular zeros of or of the non singular zeros of . Again studying the degrees of the preparation polynomials of and we can deduce that the straight lines are in fact limits of the non singular zeros of both (cf. [Kolchin]).