Factoring Polynomials

[Collin D]

On Dec 18, 11:52 am, eric <e... at ericaro.net> wrote:
> On Dec 18, 8:37 pm, collin.da... at gmail.com wrote:
>
> > I am trying to write a simple application to factor polynomials. I
> > wrote (simple) raw_input lines to collect the a, b, and c values from
> > the user, but I dont know how to implement the quadratic equation
>
> > x = (-b +or- (b^2 - 4ac)^1/2) / 2a
>
> > into python. Any ideas?
>
> with numpy:
> from numpy import *
>
> s=[1,-1]
> x = -b+s*sqrt( b**2-4*a*c )/(2*a)
>
> Erichttp://codeslash.blogspot.com

Ahh. Great.. thank you. I didnt know about the sqrt function.. saves
me from doing "^1/2". Thanks again.
-CD