Note on the general monic quartic equation

Ioana Petkova
Notes on Number Theory and Discrete Mathematics
Print ISSN 1310–5132, Online ISSN 2367–8275
Volume 29, 2023, Number 4, Pages 717–723
DOI: 10.7546/nntdm.2023.29.4.717-723
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Ioana Petkova
Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics, Sofia University
Sofia, Bulgaria

Abstract

In this paper we present a new approach for solving the general monic quartic equation. Moreover, we show that each quartic equation could be considered as a quasi-reciprocal equation, after a suitable translation of the variable.

Keywords

• Quartic equation

2020 Mathematics Subject Classification

• 65Hxx

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Manuscript history

• Received: 22 September 2023
• Accepted: 27 October 2023
• Online First: 21 November 2023

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