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  2. Quadratic function - Wikipedia

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    To convert the standard form to factored form, one needs only the quadratic formula to determine the two roots r 1 and r 2. To convert the standard form to vertex form, one needs a process called completing the square. To convert the factored form (or vertex form) to standard form, one needs to multiply, expand and/or distribute the factors.

  3. Polynomial - Wikipedia

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    The term "polynomial", as an adjective, can also be used for quantities or functions that can be written in polynomial form. For example, in computational complexity theory the phrase polynomial time means that the time it takes to complete an algorithm is bounded by a polynomial function of some variable, such as the size of the input.

  4. Quadratic form - Wikipedia

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    In mathematics, a quadratic form is a polynomial with terms all of degree two ("form" is another name for a homogeneous polynomial). For example, 4 x 2 + 2 x y − 3 y 2 {\displaystyle 4x^{2}+2xy-3y^{2}}

  5. Quadratic formula - Wikipedia

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    A similar but more complicated method works for cubic equations, which have three resolvents and a quadratic equation (the "resolving polynomial") relating ⁠ ⁠ and ⁠ ⁠, which one can solve by the quadratic equation, and similarly for a quartic equation (degree 4), whose resolving polynomial is a cubic, which can in turn be solved. [14]

  6. Canonical form - Wikipedia

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    For example, polynomials are conventionally written with the terms in descending powers: it is more usual to write x 2 + x + 30 than x + 30 + x 2, although the two forms define the same polynomial. By contrast, the existence of Jordan canonical form for a matrix is a deep theorem.

  7. Quadratic equation - Wikipedia

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    In mathematics, a quadratic equation (from Latin quadratus 'square') is an equation that can be rearranged in standard form as [1] + + =, where the variable x represents an unknown number, and a, b, and c represent known numbers, where a ≠ 0. (If a = 0 and b ≠ 0 then the equation is linear, not quadratic.)

  8. Jordan normal form - Wikipedia

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    Then the polynomials (x − λ) k are the elementary divisors of M, and the Jordan normal form is concerned with representing M in terms of blocks associated to the elementary divisors. The proof of the Jordan normal form is usually carried out as an application to the ring K [ x ] of the structure theorem for finitely generated modules over a ...

  9. Linear programming - Wikipedia

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    Standard form is the usual and most intuitive form of describing a linear programming problem. It consists of the following three parts: It consists of the following three parts: A linear (or affine) function to be maximized