Integral solutions

Algebra Level 4

Find the number of non zero integral value of a a for which the function

f ( x ) = x 4 + a x 3 + 3 2 x 2 + 1 f(x)=x^4 +ax^3 +\frac{3}{2}x^2 +1 is concave upward along the entire real line.


The answer is 4.

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1 solution

Harsh Shrivastava
Apr 26, 2017

f ( x ) f'(x) should be zero for only one real value of x x .

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