mattimeo_boyd
Jun 5, 2010, 11:26 AM
How do you find a 4th degree polynomial with integral coefficients that has zeros of 2 ( multiplicity of 2) and -i?
galactus
Jun 5, 2010, 03:23 PM
You know the roots. 2 occurs twice as root. If -i is a root, so is i.
Therefore, we have
(x-2)^{2}(x+i)(x-i)=0
But (x+i)(x-i)=x^{2}+1
So, the resulting quartic polynomial is
(x-2)^{2}(x^{2}+1)
Expand out to find the polynomial .