Question

What is the difference between a zero of a function from the root of an equation?

Answer 1

Good question.

Answer 2

a zero tends to mean the x intercepts; whereas a root ... well, its the same thing but comes from the study of quadratics and cubics and the radicals i believe

Answer 3

here's a wiki topic that mentions both in the first paragraph as the same thing: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero_of_a_function

Answer 4

id assume one is newtonian and the other is leibnizerish lol

Answer 5

Analysts versus normal people...

Answer 6

Hope that's pc...