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A method similar to Vieta's formula can be found in the work of the 12th century Arabic mathematician Sharaf al-Din al-Tusi. It is plausible that the algebraic advancements made by Arabic mathematicians such as al-Khayyam, al-Tusi, and al-Kashi influenced 16th-century algebraists, with Vieta being the most prominent among them. [2] [3]
For any (a, b) satisfying the given condition, let k = a 2 + b 2 + 1 / ab and rearrange and substitute to get x 2 − (kb) x + (b 2 + 1) = 0. One root to this quadratic is a, so by Vieta's formulas the other root may be written as follows: x 2 = kb − a = b 2 + 1 / a . The first equation shows that x 2 is an integer and the ...
Viète obtained his formula by comparing the areas of regular polygons with 2 n and 2 n + 1 sides inscribed in a circle. [1] [2] The first term in the product, /, is the ratio of areas of a square and an octagon, the second term is the ratio of areas of an octagon and a hexadecagon, etc.
Vieta's substitution is a method introduced by François Viète (Vieta is his Latin name) in a text published posthumously in 1615, which provides directly the second formula of § Cardano's method, and avoids the problem of computing two different cube roots. [35]
Because (a + 1) 2 = a, a + 1 is the unique solution of the quadratic equation x 2 + a = 0. On the other hand, the polynomial x 2 + ax + 1 is irreducible over F 4, but it splits over F 16, where it has the two roots ab and ab + a, where b is a root of x 2 + x + a in F 16. This is a special case of Artin–Schreier theory.
François Viète (French: [fʁɑ̃swa vjɛt]; 1540 – 23 February 1603), known in Latin as Franciscus Vieta, was a French mathematician whose work on new algebra was an important step towards modern algebra, due to his innovative use of letters as parameters in equations.
1 The above formula is a result of one of Leonhard Euler's formula. 1 comment. 2 reference. 1 comment. 3 request for mention of "Osler product" 2 comments. 4 Did you ...
I think the last sentence summarizes it well. In English at least, the tradition has been to use Vieta, and Viete is an overcorrection (outside historical or biographic contexts), like saying "Hero's formula" with Greek pronunciation, instead than Heron's formula. 73.89.25.252 04:52, 13 June 2020 (UTC)