Roots of polynomials

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What is the equation for the sum of the roots of a quadratic?

-b/a

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What is the equation for the product of the roots of a quadratic?

c/a

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What is the equation for the sum of the roots of a cubic?

-b/a

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What is the equation for the sum of the product pairs of a cubic?

c/a

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What is the equation for the product of the roots of a cubic?

-d/a

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What is the equation for the sum of all the roots of a quartic?

-b/a

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What is the equation of the sum of all the product pairs of a quartic?

c/a

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What is the equation for the sum of all the product triplets of a quartic?

-d/a

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What is the equation for the product of the roots of a quartic?

e/a

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What is the formula for the sum of the reciprocals of the roots for all three?

Quadratic - Sum of roots / product of roots

Cubic - Sum of product pairs / product of roots

Quartic - Sum of product triplets / product of roots

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For a quadratic, what is the sum of (alpha)2 + (beta)2?

(Sum of roots)2 - 2(product of roots)

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For a cubic, what is the sum of (alpha)2 + (beta)2 + (gamma)2?

(Sum of roots)2 - 2(Sum of product pairs)

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For a quartic, what is the sum of (alpha)2 + (beta)2 + (gamma)2 + (sigma)2?

(Sum of roots)2 - 2(Sum of product pairs)