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Jon

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Nov 26, 2009, 1:32:12 PM11/26/09
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This solution for the roots of *any* polynomial requires some manipulation
of complex numbers. An example for the solutions to the Pentic is provided.


g.r...@iit.cnr.it

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Nov 26, 2009, 6:20:32 PM11/26/09
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Your formulas are obviously wrong.
Take for example the quintic x^5+x+1=0.
According you your formulas, when a=b=c=1,
the term 1-(a+b)c/(a^2+b^2) vanishes and we are left with
[1/2 + (1/2)^(1/10)]^(1/4) which clearly (being a positive real...)
cannot be a root of x^5+x+1=0.

I suggest you to check your formulas in a similar way
(before posting them): it will take you just few seconds.

Moreover the last formula cannot be right because it expresses
the general solution of a polynomial equation by means of radicals
and the 4 operations and it is a well known proved fact that this
in general is not possible.

giovanni
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Jon Slaughter

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Nov 27, 2009, 1:31:11 AM11/27/09
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g.r...@iit.cnr.it wrote:
> On Nov 26, 7:32 pm, "Jon" <jon8...@peoplepc.com> wrote:
>> http://jons-math.bravehost.com/rootformula.html
>>
>> This solution for the roots of *any* polynomial requires some
>> manipulation of complex numbers. An example for the solutions to the
>> Pentic is provided.
>
> Your formulas are obviously wrong.
> Take for example the quintic x^5+x+1=0.
> According you your formulas, when a=b=c=1,
> the term 1-(a+b)c/(a^2+b^2) vanishes and we are left with
> [1/2 + (1/2)^(1/10)]^(1/4) which clearly (being a positive real...)
> cannot be a root of x^5+x+1=0.
>
> I suggest you to check your formulas in a similar way
> (before posting them): it will take you just few seconds.
>

Why would he want to do that? Do you really think he cares about truth?

g.r...@iit.cnr.it

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Nov 27, 2009, 3:21:06 AM11/27/09
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On Nov 27, 7:31 am, "Jon Slaughter" <Jon_Slaugh...@Hotmail.com> wrote:
> g.re...@iit.cnr.it wrote:

> > I suggest you to check your formulas in a similar way
> > (before posting them): it will take you just few seconds.
>
> Why would he want to do that?  Do you really think he cares about truth?

Sorry, being new to this newsgroup I did not realize the nature of the
guy.

Brian S

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Nov 27, 2009, 9:19:29 AM11/27/09
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Go ahead and keep replying to Jon. Someone has to tell him the
obvious wrongness of his idea.

Dik T. Winter

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Nov 27, 2009, 9:42:13 AM11/27/09
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Take for your quintic a = b = 1, c = -2. Your formula gives:

x = {{3^(1/5) - 2}^(1/4)

which not even close to the actual root of 1.
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Ostap S. B. M. Bender Jr.

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Dec 3, 2009, 4:03:24 AM12/3/09
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On Nov 26, 10:32 am, "Jon" <jon8...@peoplepc.com> wrote:
> http://jons-math.bravehost.com/rootformula.html
>
> This solution for the roots of *any* polynomial requires some manipulation
> of complex numbers.
>

Really? How about this one:

ax + b

or

x^2 - a^2

?

>
>  An example for the solutions to the Pentic is provided.
>

Proof by example?

Heissenburger

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Jun 18, 2010, 5:43:28 PM6/18/10
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