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discriminants

Name: Anonymous 2011-04-27 2:58

Hey guys, I have a pretty elementary question:
Why is it that if a quadratic polynomial is never negative, then its discriminant cannot be positive?  My book states it as though it's obvious, and it probably is but I'm just not seeing it.

Name: Anonymous 2011-04-27 9:21


P(x) = (x - x1)(x - x2). P(x) < 0 for x in (x1, x2).

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