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Discriminants (Posted on 2005-05-24)

Consider a quadratic equation with integer coefficients.
Is every integer a possible discriminant?

Prove it.

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You cannot find integer a, b, and c, so b²-4ac=-17.

Posted by Old Original Oskar! on 2005-05-24 14:11:21

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