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Solution of the Cubic Equation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2009

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Abstract

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§ 1. The roots of the cubic equation

are given by the formula

This solution is of little practical use when the roots of the cubic are all real and unequal, that is, when is negative (the-Irreducible Case of Cardan's Solution).

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Research Article
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Copyright © Edinburgh Mathematical Society 1905