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  2. Quadratic formula - Wikipedia

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    Using this approach, solving a polynomial of degree ⁠ ⁠ is related to the ways of rearranging ("permuting") ⁠ ⁠ terms, called the symmetric group on ⁠ ⁠ letters and denoted ⁠ ⁠. For the quadratic polynomial, the only ways to rearrange two roots are to either leave them be or to transpose them, so solving a quadratic polynomial ...

  3. Equation solving - Wikipedia

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    An example of using Newton–Raphson method to solve numerically the equation f(x) = 0. In mathematics, to solve an equation is to find its solutions, which are the values (numbers, functions, sets, etc.) that fulfill the condition stated by the equation, consisting generally of two expressions related by an equals sign.

  4. Quadratic equation - Wikipedia

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    Figure 1. Plots of quadratic function y = ax 2 + bx + c, varying each coefficient separately while the other coefficients are fixed (at values a = 1, b = 0, c = 0). A quadratic equation whose coefficients are real numbers can have either zero, one, or two distinct real-valued solutions, also called roots.

  5. Solving quadratic equations with continued fractions

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    In mathematics, a quadratic equation is a polynomial equation of the second degree.The general form is + + =, where a ≠ 0.. The quadratic equation on a number can be solved using the well-known quadratic formula, which can be derived by completing the square.

  6. How to Solve It - Wikipedia

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    How to Solve It (1945) is a small volume by mathematician George Pólya, describing methods of problem solving. [1] This book has remained in print continually since ...

  7. Big M method - Wikipedia

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    Solve the problem using the usual simplex method. For example, x + y ≤ 100 becomes x + y + s 1 = 100, whilst x + y ≥ 100 becomes x + y − s 1 + a 1 = 100. The artificial variables must be shown to be 0. The function to be maximised is rewritten to include the sum of all the artificial variables.

  8. Completing the square - Wikipedia

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    Given a quadratic polynomial of the form + + it is possible to factor out the coefficient a, and then complete the square for the resulting monic polynomial. Example: + + = [+ +] = [(+) +] = (+) + = (+) + This process of factoring out the coefficient a can further be simplified by only factorising it out of the first 2 terms.

  9. Polynomial - Wikipedia

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    The most efficient algorithms allow solving easily (on a computer) polynomial equations of degree higher than 1,000 (see Root-finding algorithm). For polynomials with more than one indeterminate, the combinations of values for the variables for which the polynomial function takes the value zero are generally called zeros instead of "roots".