PIRSA:25050043

The Quadratic Formula Revisited

Strumfels, B. (2025). The Quadratic Formula Revisited. Perimeter Institute. https://pirsa.org/25050043

Strumfels, Bernd. The Quadratic Formula Revisited. Perimeter Institute, May. 28, 2025, https://pirsa.org/25050043 

          @misc{ pirsa_PIRSA:25050043,
            doi = {10.48660/25050043},
            url = {https://pirsa.org/25050043},
            author = {Strumfels, Bernd},
            keywords = {Other},
            language = {en},
            title = {The Quadratic Formula Revisited},
            publisher = {Perimeter Institute},
            year = {2025},
            month = {may},
            note = {PIRSA:25050043 see, \url{https://pirsa.org}}
          }

Bernd Strumfels Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences

Talk numberPIRSA:25050043
DOI10.48660/25050043
Collection
Talk Type Scientific Series
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Abstract

High school students learn how to express the solution of a quadratic equation in one unknown in terms of its three coefficients.  Why does this formula matter? We offer an answer in terms of discriminants and data. This lecture invites the audience to a journey towards non-linear algebra.