An interesting equation
December 28th, 2004 ~ Posted in: GeneralSolve this equation: 
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I already got the two `easy’ roots, but I haven’t been able to get the other two. Maybe I’ll have to resort to expanding the polynomial and using synthetic division, but considering the source of this problem, I think there is a more elegant solution than that.
Update: I couldn’t find such an elegant manner of finishing the problem, so I peeked at the solution, and found that they did use synthetic division! Moral being, don’t be afraid of a little grunt work…
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2 Responses to “An interesting equation”
December 29th, 2004 at 4:59 pm
aren’t there just two roots… or did I miss something?
BTW: just browsing around looking for math blogs - this blog is cool!
December 29th, 2004 at 9:23 pm
Thanks! Yeah, there are only two.
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