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  2. Completing the square - Wikipedia

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    In contrast, the graph of the function f(x) + k = x 2 + k is a parabola shifted upward by k whose vertex is at (0, k), as shown in the center figure. Combining both horizontal and vertical shifts yields f ( x − h ) + k = ( x − h ) 2 + k is a parabola shifted to the right by h and upward by k whose vertex is at ( h , k ) , as shown in the ...

  3. System of linear equations - Wikipedia

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    The equations 3x + 2y = 6 and 3x + 2y = 12 are inconsistent. A linear system is inconsistent if it has no solution, and otherwise, it is said to be consistent. [7] When the system is inconsistent, it is possible to derive a contradiction from the equations, that may always be rewritten as the statement 0 = 1. For example, the equations

  4. Degree of a polynomial - Wikipedia

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    Then, f(x)g(x) = 4x 2 + 4x + 1 = 1. Thus deg( f ⋅ g ) = 0 which is not greater than the degrees of f and g (which each had degree 1). Since the norm function is not defined for the zero element of the ring, we consider the degree of the polynomial f ( x ) = 0 to also be undefined so that it follows the rules of a norm in a Euclidean domain.

  5. Algebraic equation - Wikipedia

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    If an equation P(x) = 0 of degree n has a rational root α, the associated polynomial can be factored to give the form P(X) = (X – α)Q(X) (by dividing P(X) by X – α or by writing P(X) – P(α) as a linear combination of terms of the form X k – α k, and factoring out X – α. Solving P(x) = 0 thus reduces to solving the degree n – 1 ...

  6. Quintic function - Wikipedia

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    Even for the first root that involves at most two square roots, the expression of the solutions in terms of radicals is usually highly complicated. However, when no square root is needed, the form of the first solution may be rather simple, as for the equation x 5 − 5x 4 + 30x 3 − 50x 2 + 55x − 21 = 0, for which the only real solution is

  7. Polynomial - Wikipedia

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    In polynomials with one indeterminate, the terms are usually ordered according to degree, either in "descending powers of x", with the term of largest degree first, or in "ascending powers of x". The polynomial 3x 2 − 5x + 4 is written in descending powers of x. The first term has coefficient 3, indeterminate x, and exponent 2.

  8. Quadratic equation - Wikipedia

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    Because (a + 1) 2 = a, a + 1 is the unique solution of the quadratic equation x 2 + a = 0. On the other hand, the polynomial x 2 + ax + 1 is irreducible over F 4, but it splits over F 16, where it has the two roots ab and ab + a, where b is a root of x 2 + x + a in F 16. This is a special case of Artin–Schreier theory.

  9. List of Runge–Kutta methods - Wikipedia

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    All are implicit methods, have order 2s − 2 and they all have c 1 = 0 and c s = 1. Unlike any explicit method, it's possible for these methods to have the order greater than the number of stages. Unlike any explicit method, it's possible for these methods to have the order greater than the number of stages.