First find the factors of
Compare the
The ac-method of factoring quadratics: To find factors of quadratic
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To find factors of quadratic
Such numbers are 3 and -1.
The factors of
The given function
Set
By using zero product property,
Implies that,
That is, the roots of the given function are,
Steepest descent (gradient method) for quadratic function
Let the quadratic function
where A is a real symmetric positive definite (square) matrix,