Example
Vieta's formulas applied to quadratic and cubic polynomial:
For the second degree polynomial (quadratic), roots of the equation satisfy
The first of these equations can be used to find the minimum (or maximum) of P. See second order polynomial.
For the cubic polynomial, roots of the equation satisfy
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