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Monday, August 3, 2015

Optimization Contest Problem: Prove x4+x3x2x+1>0 for all real x.

In one of my previous blog posts(optimization-contest-problem), we want to prove that \displaystyle \color{yellow}\bbox[5px,blue]{x^4+x^3-x^2-x+1} is always greater than zero for all real x, or more specifically, for x\gt 1.