Anyone have any tricks to factorizing polynomials with degrees of 3,4,5,6 etc. to solve higher order differential equations? such as y'''''+12y''''+104'''+408y''+1156y'=0

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anonymous · Answer

I can't seem to find any methods to finding the roots for these polynomials. If anyone has any tips or tricks that'd be great, I have a final coming and really worried he might give something to the 6th degree

anonymous · Answer

When you get into really high order polynomials it gets WAY more complicated than just using the quadratic equation. What Calc are you in?

anonymous · Answer

Usually your best bet is to just distribute a factor throughout an entire function and take the derivative that way.

anonymous · Answer

I'm in differential equations