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filtherton · 09-07-2004, 01:15 PM

Actually, about two pages later and a quick reference to some cryptic old english-like calculus text some professor posted on the internet, i think i'm done. The actual problem took a page, which is something i guess i should get used to. You were right in your suggestion agve. (x^4+1) = (x^2 + sqrt(2)x +1)(x^2 - sqrt(2)x + 1) I still didn't end up with the same answer that was in the text that i found, but it's damn close and my writing hand is too cramped up right now for me to want to mess with it anymore. Either this problem is ridiculously difficult for a student at my progress level or i have gotten dumber in the last few days. Probably a mixture of the two, though the text i found said leibnitz himself found this integration problem "troubling". Anyways, thanks for the suggestions.

09-07-2004, 01:15 PM	#9 (permalink)
filtherton Junkie Location: In the land of ice and snow.	Actually, about two pages later and a quick reference to some cryptic old english-like calculus text some professor posted on the internet, i think i'm done. The actual problem took a page, which is something i guess i should get used to. You were right in your suggestion agve. (x^4+1) = (x^2 + sqrt(2)x +1)(x^2 - sqrt(2)x + 1) I still didn't end up with the same answer that was in the text that i found, but it's damn close and my writing hand is too cramped up right now for me to want to mess with it anymore. Either this problem is ridiculously difficult for a student at my progress level or i have gotten dumber in the last few days. Probably a mixture of the two, though the text i found said leibnitz himself found this integration problem "troubling". Anyways, thanks for the suggestions. Last edited by filtherton; 09-07-2004 at 01:17 PM..