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Can anyone formulate 5.3.2 and 5.3.4? I am having difficulties with these problems.
 
Can anyone formulate 5.3.2 and 5.3.4? I am having difficulties with these problems.
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I'm not sure what to do for 5.3.2 either.
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For #4 your can let p(x)=a(x)^n where n is odd and a is a coefficient.
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Then by 4.3.16 limp(x) as x-inf =inf and lim(p(x)) as x= -inf = -inf
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thus there exist x, such that p(x)>0 and x such that p(x)<0 then you can use the Root thereom.
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M. Niekamp

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Can anyone formulate 5.3.2 and 5.3.4? I am having difficulties with these problems. I'm not sure what to do for 5.3.2 either.


For #4 your can let p(x)=a(x)^n where n is odd and a is a coefficient. Then by 4.3.16 limp(x) as x-inf =inf and lim(p(x)) as x= -inf = -inf thus there exist x, such that p(x)>0 and x such that p(x)<0 then you can use the Root thereom. M. Niekamp

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