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Complex roots of the cubic are associated with vector plane rotation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 February 2025

R. W. D. Nickalls
R. W. D. Nickalls*
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The all-real-roots configurations of the univariant cubic equation allow an easy visualisation of the roots as the orthogonal projection onto the real axis of the ends of three vectors of equal magnitude, radiating symmetrically in the XY plane from the origin of the reduced form [1].

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The Mathematical Gazette , Volume 109 , Issue 574 , March 2025 , pp. 59 - 68
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© The Authors, 2025 Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The Mathematical Association

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