I Am Rational (Birthday Quartic)

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Let your birthday be expressed as mm/dd/yy where the integer M M is the digits mm, D D is the digits dd, and Y Y is the digits yy. Now let f ( x ) = M x 4 + b x 3 + D x 2 + Y f(x) = Mx^4 + bx^3 + Dx^2 +Y . Find b b such that f ( x ) f(x) has a rational factor g ( x ) g(x) where f ( x ) / g ( x ) f(x)/g(x) has middle terms ( D + Y ) x 2 Y x (D+Y)x^2 -Yx . For example, the middle terms of the factor ( q x 3 + r x 2 + s x + t ) (qx^3 + rx^2 + sx +t) are r x 2 + s x rx^2 + sx .

M+D+Y M-D+Y M+D-Y

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Frank Giordano
Sep 22, 2016

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