Abstract
While the notion of roots of a quadratic polynomial is rudimentary in high school mathematics, that of its fixed points is uncommon. A real or complex number is a fixed point of a polynomial p (x) p (θ) = θ. The fact that the notion of fixed point of polynomials is not commonly covered in high school or undergraduate mathematics is surprising because the relevance of the fixed points of a quadratic can be demonstrated easily via iterative methods for the approximation of such numbers as, when the quadratic formula offers no remedy.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 65-76 |
Number of pages | 12 |
Journal | Mathematical Gazette |
Volume | 103 |
Issue number | 556 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Mar 1 2019 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Mathematics(all)