(In reply to
re: Possible solution; rest of a solution by Brian Smith)
Well done, Brian Smith!
Here's a program (unnecessary since it's been proved) which shows the same result for (a,b,c) = (-2,4,16)
def f(x,a,b,c):
return x**3 + a*x**2 + b*x + c
bigNum = 100
for a in range(-bigNum, bigNum+1):
if a == 0:
continue
for b in range(-bigNum, bigNum+1):
if b == a or b == 0:
continue
for c in range(-bigNum, bigNum+1):
if c == b or c == a or c == 0:
continue
if f(a,a,b,c) != a**3 or f(b,a,b,c) != b**3:
continue
print(a,b,c)
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Posted by Larry
on 2020-11-08 08:24:56 |