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  2. Quartic function - Wikipedia

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    Finding the distance of closest approach of two ellipses involves solving a quartic equation. The eigenvalues of a 4×4 matrix are the roots of a quartic polynomial which is the characteristic polynomial of the matrix. The characteristic equation of a fourth-order linear difference equation or differential equation is a quartic

  3. Quartic equation - Wikipedia

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    This case can also always be reduced to a biquadratic equation. Single Multiplicity-2 (SM2): when the general quartic equation can be expressed as () () =, where , , and are three different real numbers or is a real number and and are a pair of non-real complex conjugate numbers. This case is divided into two subcases, those that can be reduced ...

  4. Matrix representation of conic sections - Wikipedia

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    An alternative approach that uses the matrix form of the quadratic equation is based on the fact that when the center is the origin of the coordinate system, there are no linear terms in the equation. Any translation to a coordinate origin (x 0, y 0), using x* = x – x 0, y* = y − y 0 gives rise to

  5. Iterative method - Wikipedia

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    If an equation can be put into the form f(x) = x, and a solution x is an attractive fixed point of the function f, then one may begin with a point x 1 in the basin of attraction of x, and let x n+1 = f(x n) for n ≥ 1, and the sequence {x n} n ≥ 1 will converge to the solution x.

  6. Matrix polynomial - Wikipedia

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    A matrix polynomial identity is a matrix polynomial equation which holds for all matrices A in a specified matrix ring M n (R). Matrix polynomials are often demonstrated in undergraduate linear algebra classes due to their relevance in showcasing properties of linear transformations represented as matrices, most notably the Cayley–Hamilton ...

  7. Rotation matrix - Wikipedia

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    The sum of the entries along the main diagonal (the trace), plus one, equals 44(x 2 + y 2 + z 2), which is 4w 2. Thus we can write the trace itself as 2w 2 + 2w 2 − 1; and from the previous version of the matrix we see that the diagonal entries themselves have the same form: 2x 2 + 2w 2 − 1, 2y 2 + 2w 2 − 1, and 2z 2 + 2w 2 − 1. So ...

  8. Conjugate gradient method - Wikipedia

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    Conjugate gradient, assuming exact arithmetic, converges in at most n steps, where n is the size of the matrix of the system (here n = 2). In mathematics , the conjugate gradient method is an algorithm for the numerical solution of particular systems of linear equations , namely those whose matrix is positive-semidefinite .

  9. System of linear equations - Wikipedia

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    The simplest method for solving a system of linear equations is to repeatedly eliminate variables. This method can be described as follows: In the first equation, solve for one of the variables in terms of the others. Substitute this expression into the remaining equations. This yields a system of equations with one fewer equation and unknown.