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Old March 12th, 2007, 01:46 PM
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Originally Posted by topsquark View Post
No, I still have a contradiction.

Let
f(x) = x^2 + 0.0001*x + 1

Then
f(2) = 4 + 0.0001*2 + 1 = 5.0002
which is not greater than or equal to 3^2 = 9.

-Dan
But f(x) = x^2 + 0.0001*x + 1 does not have real roots.

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