Polynomials of Arbitrarily High Degree, Descartes' Rule of Signs, and the Calculation of Effective Rate of Return

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Polynomials of Arbitrarily High Degree, Descartes' Rule of Signs, and the Calculation of Effective Rate of Return

The Impetus

The Result

Additional Algebra Concepts that forced their way in

The Basic Model

The Dollar-Cost Averaging Model

The Polynomial Equation

Descartes’ Rule of Signs

This is the best of all possible outcomes!

Synthetic Division on . . .

And once more . . .

Bounding the Root

Where to from here?

PPT Slide

Or bring in the big guns and do some real-world calculations. . .

Author: Paul Sisson