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Puzzling results from CAS
01-27-2017, 05:14 PM
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Puzzling results from CAS
I just saw this on the HP Prime forum, but it did not get an answer.

Trying to find the roots of this polynomial:
f(x) = x^4 - 3x^3 - 2.75x² + 12x - 5
which are 2.5, -2, 2, and 0.5.

Both proot() and zeros() return: 2.5, 2, -2 and 0.

Graphing it makes it very clear that the root is at 0.5 and nowhere near 0.

BTW, how do you enter the coefficients in proot()? I tried entering only the coefficients and got really weird results.
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01-27-2017, 05:50 PM
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RE: Puzzling results from CAS
I'm guessing the approximate numbers in there are messing the cas up. If you enclose it in an exact() call to convert the decimal approximates to fractions then it works fine.

TW

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01-27-2017, 06:02 PM (This post was last modified: 01-27-2017 06:04 PM by KeithB.)
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RE: Puzzling results from CAS
Or just make the 2.75 11/4.

(I found my problem with the coefficients, I just entered them, I did not make them a vector.)

Thanks.
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01-27-2017, 06:45 PM (This post was last modified: 01-27-2017 06:46 PM by Fortin.)
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RE: Puzzling results from CAS
The [a b/c] key will also enclose the last ans in exact(). It's very handy to be able to just press the fraction key when one needs fractions.
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01-27-2017, 06:55 PM
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RE: Puzzling results from CAS
This bug was reported a few weeks ago, it is now fixed in the source code.
http://www-fourier.ujf-grenoble.fr/%7epa...%20-%205)&
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