
Electronic Proceedings of the Twenty-fourth Annual International Conference on Technology in Collegiate MathematicsOrlando, Florida, March 22-25, 2012Paper C036
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On the Casus Irreducibilis of Solving the Cubic Equation |
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We often encounter the cubic equation. Its roots can be found using Cardan's formula. The curious fact is that when all roots are real and the cubic polynomial is irreducible, the real roots are expressed in terms of radicals of complex quantities. This case is discussed and examples provided.
Keyword(s): real analysis