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We mentioned in Chapter 2 the need for solving quadratic equations, but we deferred further discussion of how to do so until we could develop some essential tools. It is now time to tackle the problem.
The first known solution of a quadratic equation is the one given in the Berlin papyrus from the Middle Kingdom (ca. 2160–1700 BC) IN Egypt.
— Eric W. Weisstein Wolfram MathWorld tm (2006).
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Beebe, N.H.F. (2017). Quadratic equations. In: The Mathematical-Function Computation Handbook. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-64110-2_16
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