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Title

Using Mathematica to Prove and Animate a Property of Cubic Polynomials
Author

A. Horwitz
Journal / Anthology

Proceedings of the 8th Annual ICTCM
Year: 1995
Description

We use Mathematica to prove that a tangent line to the graph of ay cubic polynomial with real roots, at a location halfway between any two roots, crosses the x-axis at the third root. Animation is used to show that the above property holds as the roots vary.
Subjects

*Mathematics > Algebra > Polynomials
*Mathematics > Calculus and Analysis
*Wolfram Technology > Programming > Animations