Chapter
5
Polynomial
Equations of the Second Degree
5.1
The equation
where
a,b,c belong in R, and a is not equal to 0
We are going to solve
the quadratic equation as it is called with the help of an algorithm.
We have:
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If we set
then
the last equation becomes:
(1)
Now we have the following possibilities:
-
If D>0 then (1)
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.
That means that the equation has two different
solutions.
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If D=0 then (1)
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.
In this instance we say that the equations has
one double root.
-
If D<0 then (1) has
no solutions in R, that is the equation has no real roots.
If we consider the equation in the set of complex numbers C we have:
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.
So
the equation has two solutions that are complex numbers.