# 14th Degree Polynomial Help!

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• October 4th 2012, 12:49 AM
Jeka
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I worked through hundreds and hundreds of simple functions. But I can't work it out. Please Help!
• October 4th 2012, 01:23 AM
MarkFL
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Then you should know to evaluate your original function at the roots of its derivative having odd multiplicity.
• October 4th 2012, 11:38 PM
Jeka
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• October 5th 2012, 12:52 AM
MarkFL
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What is preventing you from evaluating the function at the roots of the derivative?
• October 5th 2012, 05:33 AM
richard1234
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Quote:

Originally Posted by Jeka
Sorry, I don't get it. Sorry.

Can you PLEASE do an example, on my function.
I beg you!

I agree with MarkFL2. For example, let $f(x) = x^3 - 2x^2 - 11x + 12$. Where are the turning points?
• October 5th 2012, 04:30 PM
Jeka
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I was told from another person, that there are turning points at around

x = 4.344, x = 0.290, x = -2.492

Its close, but exact. Its somewhere around there.
• October 5th 2012, 06:07 PM
MarkFL
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Those are 3 of the critical values, the same which I gave many posts ago, only to a greater degree of accuracy.
• October 6th 2012, 01:37 AM
Jeka
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MarkFL2

7x^(3)-15x^(2)-72x+22

Thanks
• October 6th 2012, 02:17 AM
MarkFL
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I have computed approximations for the 3 roots of the cubic polynomial using Newton's method to 12 digits, given you a link to an article about how the method works, given you a link to an article about how to obtain the exact value of the roots. I'm happy with the approximations...I'm not going to use the cubic formula...it is messy and time consuming, and not worth the effort, in my opinion. Substituting the huge cumbersome values into the original function would not be fun either.

So, take the roots of the derivative of odd multiplicity, which have all been found, and evaluate the original function at these roots. These are your turning points.
• October 6th 2012, 02:31 AM
Jeka
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MarkFL2
• October 6th 2012, 04:20 PM
Jeka
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7x^(3)-15x^(2)-72x+22

If not, can anyone tell me how or what would help solve the problem.
• October 6th 2012, 04:32 PM
MaxJasper
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That is called a polynomial!
• October 6th 2012, 06:12 PM
Jeka
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OK, whatever. But can you solve it?
• October 6th 2012, 06:31 PM
MarkFL
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Are you not satisfied with the approximations I gave using Newton's method?
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