On Tue, Mar 06, 2007 at 08:01:08AM +0900, Giles Bowkett wrote:
> You don't need Ruby to solve this. You need any linear algebra program
> which can graph a polynomial equation. That means you can solve it
> with a $20 calculator or the Grapher program which ships with OS X,
> and probably a number of additional ways as well. Although creating a
> general-case polynomial equation grapher would be a pretty interesting
> way to solve it, it's also definitely overkill.

I'm not sure why that was a reply to my email.

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