1. Factoring - Reply
Bryan Watts wrote:
> Factoring, for those of you who forget, is where you get a
> problem like x=B2 - 4x - 12 and you have to come up with
> two things multiplied together that come to that, which is
> (x-6)(x+2) for that problem.
If you are confused by Daniel's explanation, and if you are
interested in second degree polynomials only, the following
formula will give you the answers you probably want. Jiri
-- snip ------------------------------------------------------
function factors(atom a, atom b, atom c)
atom d
d=b*b-4*a*c
if d<0 then
return {{-b,sqrt(-d)},{-b,-sqrt(-d)}}/(2*a) -- complex roots
else
return {-b+sqrt(d),-b-sqrt(d)}/(2*a)
end if
end function
