Exercise 1.2.3

Prove (1.20)

Answers

Proof. By (1.17), Δ = 4 p 3 27 q 2 .

Using (1.19), we obtain

p 3 = ( b 2 3 + c ) 3 = b 6 27 + 1 3 b 4 c b 2 c 2 + c 3 , 4 p 3 = 4 27 b 6 4 3 b 4 c + 4 b 2 c 2 4 c 3 , q 2 = ( 2 b 3 27 bc 3 + d ) 2 = 4 2 7 2 b 6 + b 2 c 2 9 + d 2 4 b 4 c 3 × 27 + 4 b 3 d 27 2 bcd 3 27 q 2 = 4 27 b 6 3 b 2 c 2 27 d 2 + 4 3 b 4 c 4 b 3 d + 18 bcd .

So

Δ = 4 p 3 27 q 2 = b 2 c 2 + 18 bcd 4 c 3 4 b 3 d 27 d 2 .
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