MATH STINGER #46
 by Dr. Joel C. Fowler
Assistant Professor of Mathematics

 

 The puzzles for this issue are factoring puzzles of a more challenging nature than quadratics. Each of the following polynomials is to be as completely factored as possible using only integers as coefficients. ( ^ denotes exponentiation). 1) x^4 + 4 2) x^4 + x^2 + 1 3) x^5 + x^4 + x^3 + x^2 + x + 1 4) 2x^4 + 3x^3 - 1

 

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