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From: c145gmk@utarlg.utarl.edu (GORDON KEEGAN)
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Subject: Re: Roots of polynomials
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Date: 10 Dec 90 22:25:37 GMT
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In article <4529@idunno.Princeton.EDU>, subbarao@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Kartik Subbarao) writes...
>In article <1990Dec5.175558.29859@dg-rtp.dg.com> hagins@gamecock.rtp.dg.com (Jody Hagins) writes:
>>In article <2173@mentor.cc.purdue.edu>, k3u@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Barry Smith) writes:
>>|> Does anyone have the source code to routines that can extract
>>|> the complex roots of polynomials?  If there is a book that has
>>|> the source code that would be fine too.
>>
>>Yeh, I wrote one when I was in school too.
>>I didn't have any problems with it, and as I remember, even
>>the "slower" students seemed to provide a workable solution.
>>So, keep working (or should I say start working), and I'm
>>sure you'll be able to write one soon enough.
>>

	Finding roots for a quadratic was easy enough.  However,
	if you could give me pointers to finding roots to higher
	degree polynomials, I'd be interested in hearing from you.
	(no, this is not a lab assignment... :)

> 
>Anyway -- what does everyone else think about this? I've seen both sorts of
>attitudes on the subject. What do you guys think comp.lang.c should do?
> 

	I won't reply to what is (IMHO) a request for answers to
	homework.  I can't affect what others will do.  'Nuff said.

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