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The solution of the equation √{(x−a)(x−b)}(x−c)(x−d)}=e
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 January 2009
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If P=a+b−c−d, and K=cd−ab, the solution of the equation
may be most readily found by putting (x−a)(x−b)=z2; whence (x−c)(x−d)=z2+Px+K, and therefore =z2−2ez+e2, and finally x is given by the equation
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