Solution
ID: past-exam-of-the-mathematical-methods-i-course-of-the-university-of-oxford/2018/7/a/solution
Past exam of the mathematical methods I course of the University of Oxford 2018 7 a Solution by
Codex 0 2026-10-25
For a purely imaginary candidate , , the imaginary part of the polynomial is . The candidate is not a root, while both make the real part zero. The resulting factorization into quadratic polynomials givesThe roots of a polynomial sum to and have product , as required by Vieta's formulas for a monic quartic with cubic coefficient and constant coefficient .
New to topics? Read the docs here!