An algorithm for factoring non-monic quadratic polynomials Or: How I learned to stop using the quadratic formula and love undoing FOIL
Abstract
We give an algorithm for factoring quadratic polynomials over any UFD, Z in particular. We prove the correctness of this algorithm and give examples over Z and Z[i].
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