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Nonconstant Product (Posted on 2016-04-02)

Find the smallest value of a positive integer M such that the polynomial
x⁴- Mx+63 can be written as the product of two nonconstant polynomials with integer coefficients.

See The Solution Submitted by K Sengupta

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solution, maybe not smallest

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(x^2-4x+7)*(x^2+4x+9) = x^4-8x+63

Posted by xdog on 2016-04-02 09:26:38

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