Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2000 06:21:50 -0700 From: Dann Lunsford <dann@greycat.com> To: chat@freebsd.org Cc: "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au>, "G. Adam Stanislav" <adam@whizkidtech.net>, chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Fourth degree Message-ID: <20000428062149.A5196@greycat.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10004280804210.82856-100000@hydrant.intranova.net>; from oogali@intranova.net on Fri, Apr 28, 2000 at 08:04:38AM -0400 References: <XFMail.000427170811.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> <Pine.BSF.4.10.10004280804210.82856-100000@hydrant.intranova.net>
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On Fri, Apr 28, 2000 at 08:04:38AM -0400, Omachonu Ogali wrote: > > On 27-Apr-00 G. Adam Stanislav wrote: > > > But what's the name of fourth degree polynomials? > > > > They are called quartics. > > Quartics or Quadratics? > I can't remember which... Definitely quartics. Quadratics are of degree 2. Gee, this thread is making me nostalgic; think I'll dig out my Master's thesis and see if I still understand it :-). Mmmmmm... Galois fields... tasty stuff... -- Dann Lunsford The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil dann@greycat.com is that men of good will do nothing. -- Cicero To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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