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  2. Viète's formula - Wikipedia

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    Viète's formula, as printed in Viète's Variorum de rebus mathematicis responsorum, liber VIII (1593). In mathematics, Viète's formula is the following infinite product of nested radicals representing twice the reciprocal of the mathematical constant π: = + + + It can also be represented as = = ⁡ +.

  3. Vieta's formulas - Wikipedia

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    Vieta's formulas are then useful because they provide relations between the roots without having to compute them. For polynomials over a commutative ring that is not an integral domain, Vieta's formulas are only valid when a n {\displaystyle a_{n}} is not a zero-divisor and P ( x ) {\displaystyle P(x)} factors as a n ( x − r 1 ) ( x − r 2 ) …

  4. Vieta jumping - Wikipedia

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    Using Vieta's formulas, show that this implies the existence of a smaller solution, hence a contradiction. Example. Problem #6 at IMO 1988: Let a and b be positive integers such that ab + 1 divides a 2 + b 2. Prove that ⁠ a 2 + b 2 / ab + 1 ⁠ is a perfect square. [8] [9] Fix some value k that is a non-square positive integer.

  5. Cubic equation - Wikipedia

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    By Vieta's formulas, s 0 is known to be zero in the case of a depressed cubic, and − ⁠ b / a ⁠ for the general cubic. So, only s 1 and s 2 need to be computed. They are not symmetric functions of the roots (exchanging x 1 and x 2 exchanges also s 1 and s 2 ), but some simple symmetric functions of s 1 and s 2 are also symmetric in the ...

  6. Polynomial - Wikipedia

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    The number of roots of a nonzero polynomial P, counted with their respective multiplicities, cannot exceed the degree of P, [25] and equals this degree if all complex roots are considered (this is a consequence of the fundamental theorem of algebra). The coefficients of a polynomial and its roots are related by Vieta's formulas.

  7. Wikipedia:ACF Regionals answers/01 - Wikipedia

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    Viete's theorem or Vieta's theorem--> This theormem states that for the two roots of a quadratic equation "x1" and "x2", their sum equals negative b over a and their product equals c over a. Its French namesake also used 393216-sided polygons to calculate pi to nine decimal places; leads to Vieta's formula

  8. François Viète - Wikipedia

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    François Viète (French: [fʁɑ̃swa vjɛt]; 1540 – 23 February 1603), known in Latin as Franciscus Vieta, was a French mathematician whose work on new algebra was an important step towards modern algebra, due to his innovative use of letters as parameters in equations.

  9. Quartic function - Wikipedia

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    If this number is −q, then the choice of the square roots was a good one (again, by Vieta's formulas); otherwise, the roots of the polynomial will be −r 1, −r 2, −r 3, and −r 4, which are the numbers obtained if one of the square roots is replaced by the symmetric one (or, what amounts to the same thing, if each of the three square ...