Abstract / Synopsis
This note uses easy calculus and linear algebra to analyze the situation of a line being tangent to two points of a fourth-degree polynomial curve.
DOI
10.5642/jhummath.201801.15
Recommended Citation
Robert Haas Ph.D., "Cello Tangents of Quartic Polynomials," Journal of Humanistic Mathematics, Volume 8 Issue 1 (January 2018), pages 329-331. DOI: 10.5642/jhummath.201801.15. Available at: https://scholarship.claremont.edu/jhm/vol8/iss1/15