During a math class, I accidently derived this method from scratch, I thought that this is a new method that no one knew, then realised this is the derivation of the quadratic formula that we were just not taught.
@@epc0003 it's quite possible Sometimes you just don't wanna go with the said method and try your best to find another way to achieve the answer One does not need to be Po- Shen Lo to come up with this
I also derived the formula during my class and showed to my teacher but he said " the book does not say so and I'll deduct your marks if u use the".... nvm I am so happy now that I was correct
@@epc0003 fr, it's really hard to derive this method from scratch as a student, how would someone come up with taking the midpoint of roots then using it as being equidistant from roots and calculating that distance to calculate roots, I always wondered why addition of roots and multiplication of roots was so easy compared to the quadratic formula but I would never imagine myself deriving this
When you simplify all the steps taken, it turns out that the _u_ is actually equal to √∆/2a, so this is quadratic formula but in multiple steps instead of single equation.
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I just came to the same conclusion. This method basically derives the quadratic formula from "graphical" solution. Which I think, is actually quite educational.
Yes of course. It’s not going to miraculously break away. But it is definitely an easier way to conceptualize the process. Most students just memorize the quadratic function instead of deriving it. Whereas this method fits nicely into the same method applied to whole number roots. Every student I’ve taught who just memorized formulas deprived themselves of seeing all the connections in math and as a result never become really good at math.
Peyam you kept me interested in math! You were my gsi for math 54 back at Berkeley. Since then I didn't continue past abstract algebra but I still love math and I love this channel!
The name of the formula is middle term factor, so by its name you have to factories the middle term coefficient of the given equation by the help of initial and terminal terms. Here( -6) is the middle term coefficient and -6 = (-4)+(-2) . ( where { -4}×{ -2}= 8). So the Answer will be (x-4) (x-2).
Called the pq-formula. Used for students in German school who don’t want to use the quadric formula. The approach to explain the method is nicely done in this video. I really liked it.
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pq-Formel und abc-Formel sind letztlich total die gleiche Formel. Habe sie beide in der Schule gelehrt bekommen. Ich finde es etwas albern, statt diese Formeln genauer zu erklären, im Video so zu tun, als wäre das eine völlig andere Methode! Es ist in jedem Fall immer die Methode der "Quadratischen Ergänzung" (Finde das Quadrat der Zahl, die die Mitte von den Wurzeln unterscheidet!).
search up po shen loh. He does a lot more real mathematics research (in graph theory and combinatorics) as a professor at carnegie mellon, as well as coach the usa IMO team. this is hardly a breakthrough or a new method in any means. not sure why he's calling it that.
You're an incredible maths teacher and a human. We need more people like you sir. You're so cheerful. You earned a subscriber here...keep uploading interesting mathematics stuffs here...love your content. I'm gonna use this method for quick solving in MCQs. Lot's of love and respect from the world. Thankyou very much for this valuable information.
@Nawfal. wns excuses. enthusiasm of the teacher doesnt matter. the actual content is more important. if enthusiasm has an effect on a student then thats just because that student is lazy and doesnt want to do the hard work part on their own.
@@aryamannsrivastava7279 no!...we cnnot juge like every nice person is gay thats very wrong...instead in general poeple with a higher education like him are nice bc their are not in the level of juck kids who are looking for trouble or bulliying instead of mind themselves.
All things aside, Dr.Peyam seems to be so good of heart. He seems to be a sweet,simple and composed person 💙.... People like him change the bad inside of a person and fill them with positivity 😎💞
As russians we were taught this in like 5th grade. We call this формула Виета (Vieta's formulas), as they exist not only for quadratic equations UPD: yes, you can use them for cubic too
@@mathadventuress The formula states that for any equation of degree N which has roots A_i where i={1,2,3...} the sum of the roots is the coefficient of the term which has N-1 as power divided by the coefficient of the term which has Nth power TIMES -1... and just like this when the roots are taken two at a time and multiplied and then added like a series (to clear things up e.g (A1*A2)+(A2*A3)+(A3*A4)+....+(A_N-1 *A_N) )IS JUST THE THIRD COEFFICIENT divided by the the first one and and like so on I would suggest you to look it up on some good book like Hall and knight
I learned it in 6th grade, and my teacher use to say if you want to learn math or science learn from Russian and one of my professor (one of the smartest person i met in my life yet)here is US proved it.
Actually after watching Prof. Loh's video, I tried to solve one problem myself. I used an odd coeff in the middle term to have fraction solving and to my amazement, it works! Now, I am excited to teach this to my students! :)
That is correct. In fact, he SAYS that if a isn't 1, you have to factor it out first. If you factor a quadratic using this method, and then using the quadratic formula, you find yourself doing all the same arithmetic. The difference is that if you are good at remembering sequences of operations, this will seem easier, while if you are better at remembering formulas, the quadratic formula will seem easier. They all break down to different rearrangements of the prototypical quadratic, ax^2 + bx + c = 0, to solve for x.
To be fair, it will all be algebraically equivalent no matter what you do. This is just a different way of thinking about it. The equation becomes: for a=1, x=(-b)/2 ± √[ (b/2)^2 - c ] Honestly, this would be an easier way of evaluating the quantity underneath the root if b is divisible by 2. But, most importantly, it gives a better conceptual understanding which can save you if you forget the quadratic equation.
WOOOOOWWW!! My highschool teacher taught me a slightly different variant of this method that was harder to understand back then. This video is very clear, very useful and well done. Great job!
This is correct, but I'd like to point out that you would get the quadratic equation once you're rearranged the original equation to factor out the x^2 coefficient. So you end up doing exactly the same arithmetic either way, but the method you are showing splits it into two steps. What makes the quadratic equation nice is that once you have it memorized, it's just one step. So really it's a matter of whether you want to remember one equation, or a slightly simpler equation and another step. What I like about the method shown in the video is that you don't have to memorize anything, and even if you forget the exact process, it takes only a minute to go through the same derivation the describes.
I agree. This video really does not add anything new to the solution of the famous equation. But how could it? Everything here is completely known for centuries.
@@sasoblazic It gives students another option. The math is what it is. Whether you are plugging a, b, and c into the quadratic equation, or you're factoring by completing the square, or you're using this method, the actual arithmetic you are doing is identical. But different people remember things in different ways, so for someone who has no trouble remembering complicated equations, the quadratic equation may be the best way, while for people for whom remembering the steps in a process is easier, then this method or completing the square may be easier. You are right: this method that David Seed describes doesn't add anything to the mathematics, because just as what is described in the video is actually one derivation of the quadratic equation, and completing the squares is another, this is just preparing your polynomial a bit before crunching the coefficients through a simplified version of the quadratic equation. But for every student, ONE of these methods will click better in their mind. There are also cases, though, that are easier to do with one method than another. For example, if the x^2 coefficient is 1, David Seed's formula is slightly easier to use than the more general quadratic equation, and if your coefficients are all integers, completing the square or the method in the video may be easier to apply.
@@infinixgaming1791 it's a bit different. i learned that 3 years ago, but the loh's method use de discriminant for quadratic equations in a ''indirect'' form the ∆=b^2-4ac is equal to u. since there are many equations that cannot use x^2-sum+product.
Following along with this made me realize where the rule "If a polynomial has integer roots, they evenly divide the constant term of the polynomial" comes from because if you expand (x - x1)(x - x2)(x - x3)... the last/constant term will always be x1*x2*x3*... I was always just told, "if you want to guess integer roots, guess all the factors of the constant term" and never questioned it. yay, learning
Definitey I want a professor like him because he has that kind of amazing aura that relaxes the mind of students listening, he has that kind of smile that lets you chill with the process making it look easy and last thing is his voice its so mesmerizing that you may not know your subject relates to math. Last thing, the method you used is very easy to understand and way more beneficial to do irrational or the complex root without using that much of calculations. Thank you for discussing and here I am hitting that subscribe button and ringing that bell icon sir. God bless us all.
But in real life, and nature, the coefficients could be ANYTHING, not so nice and simple. You need a repettive method that works fir ever single situation. Does this one do it.?
I like his voice: magical. Imagine a kid has difficulties in his or her life. The kid enters a lab and meets a nice wizard. You are the one. Thank you and just subscribed to your channel. I think next time you should assemble a set where it shows magical world. You are the wizard mathematician. Your channel will go to the root.... sorry I mean go to the roof.
This is cool, I’d never seen it before. Another way to think about it: you convert the polynomial to the form x^2 - 2bx + c, and then the quadratic formula reduces to just b +/- sqrt(b^2 - c)
I like the fact that you explicitly wrote the implicit explanation for why Po-Shen Loh's method (yeah I just watched his vid beforehand) works. However I have one question, shouldn't this equation be equally valid if you use (x+x1)(X+x2) instead of (x-x1)(X-x2)...that way you won't have to keep changing the sign of the second term in the original equation e.g. in the equation at 2:08 the midpoint will be -3 instead of 3. I know you will have to change the sign of x1 and x2 to eventually get the roots though when using the form (x+x1)(X+x2), which is likely why you are using the form (x-x1)(X-x2).
Give 20 second degree equations with random coefficients to a person and let him solve 10 with usual quadratic and 10 with this method and see which is faster.
@Left and Right Troll For a Computer, the quadratic formula is better, because, it doesn't have to "think", rather input values in a pre defined formula
work the method shown in the video symbolically and you will find that it reduces to the usual quadratic formula. The method shown is only another way to derive the conventional quadratic formula that we are all familiar with. just start with: x^2+bx+c=0, and follow steps in the video.
@Left and Right Troll Yeah like when i was in high school we had the right to use a calculator and we had a program calculating the solutions instantly...
i understand it is equivalent to the usual formula. And if you think of it has to be since it gives the correct solutions. Now i tried a few times and it is not as slow as i first thought, with some practice it could become a viable computational option. Another test to do is wether that method increases or decreases your percentage of calculation mistakes.
Only took me 32 years of my life to stop using the quadratic formula. TY. I know what I'll be teaching my kids when they are studying quadratics in school!
No, don’t do that. They are taught the formula for a reason, most questions will require the formula, you get marks for working, if you do that you will confuse them and they will lose marks
Careful, in exams it can be equally important that you're examiner recognises you go a "working" way to the solution. Then, if you make a mistake they may give you marks for the way to the solution. (Still, I agree it's a wonderful way, especially because it always goes with understanding of how the solution works.)
We have learned much much easier method insolving these equations in India. Now our pride in our education system increased manifold after viewing this video.
Because it actually IS taught. It is based on completing the square, which is a method used in deriving the standard quadratic formula. If you recall its derivation, you can clearly see how they are identical.
@@leif1075 Having different methods to obtain the same result may seem pointless. However, some of them may be more intuitive for a human, while others are more efficient for a computer. There are of course other reasons, but these two are usually the ones that help us make the choice when presented with one.
yup more exactly the variation of the quadratic used in Germany and India. The Pq-formula. (way less of a headache than the American formula and all you really do is divide by a)
Great video! Worth mentioning that this is really just the quadratic formula, from an understanding perspective rather than a "plug and play" perspective.
I’m a half century, first time in my freaking life I see this method, I was always taught to “use your instincts’ basically instead of the midpoint and the minus sign before the second term of the equation. Well, I thunk that after 25 years of obtaining my university degree, my certified professional title and 27 years of labor experience (yes, I started working on my career two years prior to license and degree), it’s never too late to learn something.
don't think western guys are that good at maths ...i saw another video where goras were surprised seeing Indians telling squares and square roots of natural numbers .
I would assume that it is because the pq-formula is the solution to the equation x^2 + px + q = 0, while the quadratic formula instead solves ax^2 + bx + c = 0, meaning that, it is originally intuitively easier to understand the application of the quadratic formula, since it practically works for all quadratic equations, while the pq-formula occasionally requires simplification of the equation to fit the standard form.
Teaching US students a simplified method would lead to a LOT of confusion when dealing with more complex quadratic equations. I've seen a lot of different methods taught by teachers and the confusion isn't diminished among students, so I don't think it's the method that's the problem.
"Change my life" is a bit far of a sketch but, still interesting. I never thought that there might be different ways to do maths. Learning maths like a religion seems wrong. Learning anything like a religion seems wrong. This sparked my curiousity to find simpler ways to solve problems, rather than following the herd. Ofcourse understanding the fundamentals is necessary, but sometimes teachers make things so complicated for no reason. Nevertheless, this was helpful in a way and therefore, I am grateful.
This is essentially completing the square since it's all the same operations. Using the first example of x^2-6x+8, finding the midpoint is creating the square (x-3)^2, then the operation where he finds the distance is just moving the 8 over and adding the 9 from the square giving us (x-3)^2=9-8=1, then square root both sides and move the 3 over, 3+-1=2 and 4. It's exactly the same method. But then again, so is the quadratic formula, as it's derived from completing the square. It's all the same. That being said, the value of this video lies in the geometric intuation it gives us for completing the square. I never had that before, it was always just something that I could kind of sense in the background while completing the square. Having geometric intuition for the maths you do helps you understand how everything flows in a deeper way, and that's what makes this video good.
I was curious, so I did the work using A,B and C for the coefficients and was not surprised that they quadratic came out. I guess some people do better memorizing a formula, and others do better memorizing a method. I'll stick to the quadratic.
I am an Indian...that too from Bihar which is traditionally known for Its Mathematical acumen and guess what , this method was taught to us in 10th grade.😎
On the other hand, the general analytical solution of a^x + b^x = c^x can be found in "On the Solutions of a^x + b^x = c^x" that can be download on Researchgate too.
Oh dear , thought I will learn some new method. Have already covered this in my elementary mathematics class back in school when I was a 6th grader. Anyways , Kudos to your enthusiasm 🎉
For example, the solution of x^2.01-5x+6=0 is x = ((-5/1.01)Wq((-1.01/5)*((6/5)^1.01)))^(1/1.01) = 2.0302 (up to 4 digits). Wq(z) is the Lambert-Tsallis function and, for this case, the parameter q has the value q = 1-1/1.01.
@@tobibender7475 The point is not about "more simple and easier". It is about following: An algorithm does not explain why it works. It is just: Make step 1, step 2, step 3, ... the pq-formula or abc-formula or what ever explains, why it works. This is the difference.
My teacher : Use the Quadratic Formula. Me : No thanks!! I've SEEN AND KNOW BETTER. My teacher: YOU KNOW BETTER? Me : (Proceed to the whiteboard at front of class) Ancient Method - BAM!!! (Hold the whiteboard marker in front of me at shoulder level, and... DROP IT) My teacher : A single tear comes out her left eye and rolls down her left cheek)
Change variables, this technique is usually used to simplify Cubic and Quartic equation but it's so strong with Quadratic equation, we had Delta and Vieta fomulas. Anyway, this method is nice :))
I thought we just have to find pair of factors of the c, and if that pair's sum is the value of the b, then those are roots (in ax²+bx+c). Isn't this simplified factor method easier than the video? We can even calculate using this mentally on our 7th
That was how they taught us to factor quadratics first, but I kept asking, "but what if the factors aren't nice, round numbers", to which I was told, "don't worry, we'll get to that", and that turned out to be the quadratic equation, which always works. I think they only made us learn to figure out pairs that multiplied to b and added to c, was so that we would learn to recognize the easy cases, and avoid using the full formula.
That was how they taught us to factor quadratics first, but I kept asking, "but what if the factors aren't nice, round numbers", to which I was told, "don't worry, we'll get to that", and that turned out to be the quadratic equation, which always works. I think they only made us learn to figure out pairs that multiplied to b and added to c, was so that we would learn to recognize the easy cases, and avoid using the full formula.
@@7rgrov198 That may be the case when you're taking an algebra test in high school, but when you are solving for the poles in an electrical circuit, the coefficients come from some combination of multiple electric component values, the coefiicients are almost never integers. This is just one example. Every place I've seen where I've actually had to solve a real world problem (as opposed to a problem in a textbook), I've had non-integer coefficients to deal with. I've come to realize that it's far easier to just plug the numbers into the quadratic formula, than to use one of these "shortcuts".
@@anthonybalatarjr.7916 It is for the examples used, but he intentionally chose easy quadratics to make the process easier to absorb. There are several methods for factorising, and how useful and expedient they are depends on the quadratic in question. Formula always works, but is much slower than observation, for example, in such as his first equation (which can be factored in the head in seconds), but try doing that with the complex root quadratic he ends with, or the fraction. Use the best tool for the job, always.
During a math class, I accidently derived this method from scratch, I thought that this is a new method that no one knew, then realised this is the derivation of the quadratic formula that we were just not taught.
Same bro!
@@epc0003 it's quite possible
Sometimes you just don't wanna go with the said method and try your best to find another way to achieve the answer
One does not need to be Po- Shen Lo to come up with this
I also derived the formula during my class and showed to my teacher but he said " the book does not say so and I'll deduct your marks if u use the".... nvm I am so happy now that I was correct
@@epc0003 fr, it's really hard to derive this method from scratch as a student, how would someone come up with taking the midpoint of roots then using it as being equidistant from roots and calculating that distance to calculate roots, I always wondered why addition of roots and multiplication of roots was so easy compared to the quadratic formula but I would never imagine myself deriving this
@@vanshkhatri8233 lmao, this actually happened with me.
“Modern Problems Require Ancient Methods”
a wonderful concept.
Absolutely right
E C 100%
Ironic but sometimes true
Haha ancient chisel go brrr
When you simplify all the steps taken, it turns out that the _u_ is actually equal to √∆/2a, so this is quadratic formula but in multiple steps instead of single equation.
I just came to the same conclusion. This method basically derives the quadratic formula from "graphical" solution. Which I think, is actually quite educational.
My mathteacher used this “method”, well it’s actually common sense if you think it through, to explain us the abc formula
Yes of course. It’s not going to miraculously break away. But it is definitely an easier way to conceptualize the process. Most students just memorize the quadratic function instead of deriving it. Whereas this method fits nicely into the same method applied to whole number roots. Every student I’ve taught who just memorized formulas deprived themselves of seeing all the connections in math and as a result never become really good at math.
Perspective changed
@@johnspence8141 isn't the easiest way to just complete the square?
Its all fun and games until the roots are imaginary.
Lol
do watch the video till end..he took that too!
@Guitarzen oh no😭
Make sure you are solving real problems
Make sure you watch the video before you comment? Complex numbers change nothing
Can relate the formula for roots more intuitively now.
MID = -b/2a
U= sqrt(b^2 - 4ac)/2a
X1 = MID + U
X2 = MID - U
Thanks for sharing this.
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Peyam you kept me interested in math! You were my gsi for math 54 back at Berkeley. Since then I didn't continue past abstract algebra but I still love math and I love this channel!
Ooooooh I remember you!!! Hope all is well 😁
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It is also standard, I believe, in most of Eastern Europe.
This was so basic... I didn't know this method had a name. We were taught this before quadratic formula.
Being an asian indian I didn't know this method, although I know some different easy methods to solve this equation. Always happy to learn more.🥰
Meet any CAT or CGL aspirent of india
I m from Russia and we use this formula and name of this “ the theorem of Viet” (Теорема Виета)😂😂😂
Ah!
My math teacher is here too
My inspiration is here too!!!!
Hii
Legend
L e g e n d
Teacher : This is the simplest method.
Middle term factor : "I don't even exist"
Westerners be like: that's cheating😭😭
x^2 - 9 = 0 : idk😂😂
The name of the formula is middle term factor, so by its name you have to factories the middle term coefficient of the given equation by the help of initial and terminal terms.
Here( -6) is the middle term coefficient and -6 = (-4)+(-2) . ( where { -4}×{ -2}= 8).
So the Answer will be (x-4) (x-2).
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@@adityagarg9988 x=+-3
Called the pq-formula. Used for students in German school who don’t want to use the quadric formula. The approach to explain the method is nicely done in this video. I really liked it.
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pq-Formel und abc-Formel sind letztlich total die gleiche Formel. Habe sie beide in der Schule gelehrt bekommen.
Ich finde es etwas albern, statt diese Formeln genauer zu erklären, im Video so zu tun, als wäre das eine völlig andere Methode!
Es ist in jedem Fall immer die Methode der "Quadratischen Ergänzung" (Finde das Quadrat der Zahl, die die Mitte von den Wurzeln unterscheidet!).
I call this "completing the square" in a fancy way
🙂🙂🤣🤣
The equations at the beginning are called Vieta's formulas
I call it "Bhaskara formula with geometrical intuition" hahaha Completing the square is my go-to though
completing the square doesn't use symmetry in the same way. This is slightly different.
Yes, this is essentially finding a turning point and completing the square.
Imagine someone considering this a scientific breakthrough and u applied it on high-school maths on a daily basis
Lol
True😂
You are a unacademian?
Ashwani Tyagi's students right?
search up po shen loh. He does a lot more real mathematics research (in graph theory and combinatorics) as a professor at carnegie mellon, as well as coach the usa IMO team. this is hardly a breakthrough or a new method in any means. not sure why he's calling it that.
You're an incredible maths teacher and a human. We need more people like you sir. You're so cheerful. You earned a subscriber here...keep uploading interesting mathematics stuffs here...love your content. I'm gonna use this method for quick solving in MCQs. Lot's of love and respect from the world.
Thankyou very much for this valuable information.
If every math teacher was as cheerful as you, everyone would understand math!
Cheerfulness has very little influence on understanding math...
@@tmjcbs it makes your audience be more interested, hence they will be more focussed and they will learn a lot more
I didn’t understand shit from this vid
@@tmjcbs No
@Nawfal. wns excuses. enthusiasm of the teacher doesnt matter. the actual content is more important. if enthusiasm has an effect on a student then thats just because that student is lazy and doesnt want to do the hard work part on their own.
I find the quadratic formula in it's common version more practical. It's easy to remember and use.
If **Dr. Peyam** says that he’s the nicest guy he ever met, that’s really saying something!!!
Truly!
yes, because probably the professor taught him something new.
Gay??
@@aryamannsrivastava7279
no!...we cnnot juge like every nice person is gay thats very wrong...instead in general poeple with a higher education like him are nice bc their are not in the level of juck kids who are looking for trouble or bulliying instead of mind themselves.
@@abderzakchebbi1339 I am sorry for my words .actually I myself found sir to be very useful and informative
If every teacher in Austria's art school back then was as cheerful as you, the world might potentially be a better place.
Lol
This is a very specific joke, i am surprised people got this
Ever heard of being cheerfully refused admission?
Is this a Hitler joke? Just want to make sure I’m right
@@brittonporter5063 yes
All things aside, Dr.Peyam seems to be so good of heart. He seems to be a sweet,simple and composed person 💙....
People like him change the bad inside of a person and fill them with positivity 😎💞
My thoughts exactly 😀
What?
As russians we were taught this in like 5th grade. We call this формула Виета (Vieta's formulas), as they exist not only for quadratic equations
UPD: yes, you can use them for cubic too
oh so you can use them for cubic?
@@mathadventuress yupp
@@mathadventuress The formula states that for any equation of degree N which has roots A_i where i={1,2,3...} the sum of the roots is the coefficient of the term which has N-1 as power divided by the coefficient of the term which has Nth power TIMES -1... and just like this when the roots are taken two at a time and multiplied and then added like a series (to clear things up e.g (A1*A2)+(A2*A3)+(A3*A4)+....+(A_N-1 *A_N) )IS JUST THE THIRD COEFFICIENT divided by the the first one and and like so on I would suggest you to look it up on some good book like Hall and knight
I learned it in 6th grade, and my teacher use to say if you want to learn math or science learn from Russian and one of my professor (one of the smartest person i met in my life yet)here is US proved it.
@@aryadebchatterjee5028 great
Math Teacher: You weren't supposed to do that!
Grrrrr
Dude, we learnt this method in school!!
Wahi lmao
Indians are faster than this 😅
@shubh Yes, You are right he is better than that of tiktok jokers
He is not “dude”.. learn some manners..
@@avishek438 that's true too. Dude is little disrespecting
Actually after watching Prof. Loh's video, I tried to solve one problem myself. I used an odd coeff in the middle term to have fraction solving and to my amazement, it works! Now, I am excited to teach this to my students! :)
Wonderful!!! :)
I've never seen a man this excited over teaching, congrats :D
Everyone gangsta here untill complex roots enters 😂
Oh no guess I have to change my name now 😅
@@MKD1101 pehle mera naam Gangster Sharma tha then i changed it .
@@MKD1101 please bhai , yeh mat karo .. ruk jao .
Please don't comment without having a prior knowledge of complex no.s
@@anitakajala7799 Expert in it bro mind your own work 😏
This guy just seems so happy teaching ❤️ This can really change a lecture for the better
Pretty sure this *is* the quadratic formula, just with a factored out.
That is correct. In fact, he SAYS that if a isn't 1, you have to factor it out first. If you factor a quadratic using this method, and then using the quadratic formula, you find yourself doing all the same arithmetic. The difference is that if you are good at remembering sequences of operations, this will seem easier, while if you are better at remembering formulas, the quadratic formula will seem easier. They all break down to different rearrangements of the prototypical quadratic, ax^2 + bx + c = 0, to solve for x.
Lmao yea it is
To be fair, it will all be algebraically equivalent no matter what you do. This is just a different way of thinking about it. The equation becomes:
for a=1, x=(-b)/2 ± √[ (b/2)^2 - c ]
Honestly, this would be an easier way of evaluating the quantity underneath the root if b is divisible by 2. But, most importantly, it gives a better conceptual understanding which can save you if you forget the quadratic equation.
Thought so too!
when we complete the square its the same... the turning point -b/2a x-coordinate is the midpoint of the root ... the rest follows
WOOOOOWWW!! My highschool teacher taught me a slightly different variant of this method that was harder to understand back then. This video is very clear, very useful and well done. Great job!
i was taught almost this method in 1965.
rearrange the original equation as x² +2hx +d.
then x= -h +/-√(h² - d)
This is correct, but I'd like to point out that you would get the quadratic equation once you're rearranged the original equation to factor out the x^2 coefficient. So you end up doing exactly the same arithmetic either way, but the method you are showing splits it into two steps. What makes the quadratic equation nice is that once you have it memorized, it's just one step. So really it's a matter of whether you want to remember one equation, or a slightly simpler equation and another step. What I like about the method shown in the video is that you don't have to memorize anything, and even if you forget the exact process, it takes only a minute to go through the same derivation the describes.
I'm pretty sure I was taught a formula as x^2 +2ab + b
@@-ClerzZ- I'm pretty sure you weren't, because that would not have given you the correct answers. In fact, it doesn't even solve for x.
I agree. This video really does not add anything new to the solution of the famous equation.
But how could it? Everything here is completely known for centuries.
@@sasoblazic It gives students another option. The math is what it is. Whether you are plugging a, b, and c into the quadratic equation, or you're factoring by completing the square, or you're using this method, the actual arithmetic you are doing is identical. But different people remember things in different ways, so for someone who has no trouble remembering complicated equations, the quadratic equation may be the best way, while for people for whom remembering the steps in a process is easier, then this method or completing the square may be easier. You are right: this method that David Seed describes doesn't add anything to the mathematics, because just as what is described in the video is actually one derivation of the quadratic equation, and completing the squares is another, this is just preparing your polynomial a bit before crunching the coefficients through a simplified version of the quadratic equation. But for every student, ONE of these methods will click better in their mind.
There are also cases, though, that are easier to do with one method than another. For example, if the x^2 coefficient is 1, David Seed's formula is slightly easier to use than the more general quadratic equation, and if your coefficients are all integers, completing the square or the method in the video may be easier to apply.
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It also tells you if the roots are real or not. For me its a lot quicker to solve using that formula. The only problem is remembering it by heart.
Omg now I have that song stuck in my head again 🤦🤣
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@@bonnieb7608 yes
It's Vieta formula's extension. They taught it in schools in USSR.
Minchia in Russia siete fortissimi
In russia too
well in india too.. we are taught vieta formula..
x^2 - (sum of roots) x + (product of roots)
@@infinixgaming1791
it's a bit different.
i learned that 3 years ago, but the loh's method use de discriminant for quadratic equations in a ''indirect'' form
the ∆=b^2-4ac is equal to u.
since there are many equations that cannot use x^2-sum+product.
Following along with this made me realize where the rule
"If a polynomial has integer roots, they evenly divide the constant term of the polynomial" comes from
because if you expand (x - x1)(x - x2)(x - x3)... the last/constant term will always be x1*x2*x3*...
I was always just told, "if you want to guess integer roots, guess all the factors of the constant term" and never questioned it.
yay, learning
Yeah. This lets you guess the roots when they are integers. Which is fine for passing math tests, but doesn't come up so much in the real world.
If everyone spoke English as you do, life would be better.
Correct
I like his enthusiasm, he is very good at this, but Yikes.
Yes
Bro this is literally what's taught in Asian schools. I never thought this formula would change my life lol
american educatio system bro
i studied this in 7th grade morocco btw
@@hamzamoussaid8895 yep american system too boring, long and dumb
@@asal2667 bro, then why almost every best university in the world is in U.S?????
@@dmitricherleto8234 university and college maybe...but K-12 hell no
@@dmitricherleto8234 on what basis do you call it the best? just because they say so?
I love how he says “it’s a nightmare” 😂 5:18
LMAO
-b+-√b²-4ac/2a : am I a nightmare 😤
Definitey I want a professor like him because he has that kind of amazing aura that relaxes the mind of students listening, he has that kind of smile that lets you chill with the process making it look easy and last thing is his voice its so mesmerizing that you may not know your subject relates to math. Last thing, the method you used is very easy to understand and way more beneficial to do irrational or the complex root without using that much of calculations. Thank you for discussing and here I am hitting that subscribe button and ringing that bell icon sir. God bless us all.
But in real life, and nature, the coefficients could be ANYTHING, not so nice and simple. You need a repettive method that works fir ever single situation. Does this one do it.?
I like his voice: magical. Imagine a kid has difficulties in his or her life. The kid enters a lab and meets a nice wizard. You are the one. Thank you and just subscribed to your channel. I think next time you should assemble a set where it shows magical world. You are the wizard mathematician. Your channel will go to the root.... sorry I mean go to the roof.
This is cool, I’d never seen it before. Another way to think about it: you convert the polynomial to the form x^2 - 2bx + c, and then the quadratic formula reduces to just b +/- sqrt(b^2 - c)
Wait so do I use the one you suggested? Instead of quadratic equation
@@GG4EVA623 not always valid
This is my preferred method when doing physics and dealing with a bunch of physical constants. I find it quite clean.
@@interiorcrocodile4297 When is it not valid? It is valid for all cases since new definition of "b" is now 1/2 of old b.
Everybody learns this formula in school in Germany. It's called Vieta's Formula or p-q-Formula (the general solution formula).
also in Italy, it is considered the basis of second degree equations, you learn in the first grade
Also in Russia, it is one of the basic formulas
Never studied it as a part of curriculum in India
@@pizzamidhead2183 I knew Italians were smart, but how do you teach quadratics to 6 year olds. That’s crazy
@@phantom_drone Probably first-grade high school students.
Not gonna lie our teacher taught this first in middle school before quadratic formula, Indian maths teacher rocks
Legend: Uses the quadratic formula.
Ultra Legend: Uses this method.
Me: I use my calculator.
West Bengal naki Bangladesh????
INDIA te to calculator allow kore na wbjee &jee main etc te!
@@amitavadass maybe he's in a college
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@@amitavadass Bangladesh eo korena dada
@@amitavadass jee 2021 or 2022
I'm not gonna lie, his accent made me watch the the whole video! 😐
Oh, he really has an accent? I didn't notice that! :-)
I like the fact that you explicitly wrote the implicit explanation for why Po-Shen Loh's method (yeah I just watched his vid beforehand) works. However I have one question, shouldn't this equation be equally valid if you use (x+x1)(X+x2) instead of (x-x1)(X-x2)...that way you won't have to keep changing the sign of the second term in the original equation e.g. in the equation at 2:08 the midpoint will be -3 instead of 3. I know you will have to change the sign of x1 and x2 to eventually get the roots though when using the form (x+x1)(X+x2), which is likely why you are using the form (x-x1)(X-x2).
TY, I cam to the same conclusion how can the sum of the roots be < 0 yet they are both positive.
I didn’t click for this. I just lost my last brain cell.
Give 20 second degree equations with random coefficients to a person and let him solve 10 with usual quadratic and 10 with this method and see which is faster.
@Left and Right Troll For a Computer, the quadratic formula is better, because, it doesn't have to "think", rather input values in a pre defined formula
work the method shown in the video symbolically and you will find that it reduces to the usual quadratic formula.
The method shown is only another way to derive the conventional quadratic formula that we are all familiar with.
just start with:
x^2+bx+c=0, and follow steps in the video.
@Left and Right Troll Yeah like when i was in high school we had the right to use a calculator and we had a program calculating the solutions instantly...
i understand it is equivalent to the usual formula. And if you think of it has to be since it gives the correct solutions.
Now i tried a few times and it is not as slow as i first thought, with some practice it could become a viable computational option.
Another test to do is wether that method increases or decreases your percentage of calculation mistakes.
@@adrien8572 so your calculator got the school degree, not you. son..
I can summarise,
If u²>0, Eq. Has two real roots.
u²=0, Eq. Has only one real root.
u²
The way he talks and moves is adorable
and the way he derives and then uses the discriminant formula in every quadratic equation
@@AAAAAA-gj2di lol
@@deelakayahaladeniya4472 ur gay
Not to me.
Its hay
Only took me 32 years of my life to stop using the quadratic formula. TY.
I know what I'll be teaching my kids when they are studying quadratics in school!
If they're more visual math learners, like me, they might prefer to Complete The Square, using an area model (the same thing).
No, don’t do that. They are taught the formula for a reason, most questions will require the formula, you get marks for working, if you do that you will confuse them and they will lose marks
Thanks!
Thanks so much for the super thanks :)
I thank RUclips algorithm for showing me this videos in my recommendation. And thank you sir.
Lmaooo
Love the fact that this got recommended to me when I’m about to have my exam in 2 weeks 😀
I too.
Careful, in exams it can be equally important that you're examiner recognises you go a "working" way to the solution. Then, if you make a mistake they may give you marks for the way to the solution.
(Still, I agree it's a wonderful way, especially because it always goes with understanding of how the solution works.)
How did it go?
@@KayOScode it was extremely easy actually
@@mayaghazy391 I love it when theyre easy. Hoping my compilers midterm is easy this Wednesday lol
I just started my new job as a math tutor and I'm going to try using this to help my students better understand quadratics, Thank you Dr. Peyam
Awesome!!!
We have learned much much easier method insolving these equations in India. Now our pride in our education system increased manifold after viewing this video.
Seems sus why Dr . Peyam didn't heart ur comment altough he hearts everyone's comments
It's so smart! Why is it not taught everywhere?!
Because it actually IS taught. It is based on completing the square, which is a method used in deriving the standard quadratic formula. If you recall its derivation, you can clearly see how they are identical.
@@fullfungo Yes, I know that this is how the Greeks worked it out as well, but schools just sit down you in front of the equation.
@@fullfungo then why is he touting it's different if it's the same?
@@Icenri They do? I don't recall that ever happening for me. Maybe it's just some places where it's taught worse?
@@leif1075 Having different methods to obtain the same result may seem pointless. However, some of them may be more intuitive for a human, while others are more efficient for a computer. There are of course other reasons, but these two are usually the ones that help us make the choice when presented with one.
My life changed after watching this video, now I drive a lambo and live in a castle. Thanx dude.
i wish my math teachers were as cheerful as he, i would have learn math.
I think your English teacher was also not cheerful
😂
@@dragster9474 🤣🤣
@Aadi Ringay which method?
I'm pretty sure u would be making fun of him
in russia, Vieta's theorem is taught in grade 8, so I don't understand your delight :D
P.s. srr for bad eng, its google translate :3
He's from West
In China, the method was taught in grade 7... But it’s a great method, anyway.
Here in Czechia, it's taught in 6 grade, maybe even in kindergarten we spoke about it among boys... (Just joking, I am not from Czechia)
@@hanzhoutang9235 Chinese people are machines! They work alot to use their full potential. I am a 10 grader and learnt it for the very first time
1 year on and Dr.Peyam is still giving hearts
Sri dhracharya rule to find roots of quadratic equation is way better and easy...
Yes Sridhar Acharya's method is more easier.
Yes.
They are fools😅
@ayo tebak siapa and why u feeling jealous by this?
This is true...evan u also use this method
This is just the quadratic formula done as an algorithm. Very nice
yup more exactly the variation of the quadratic used in Germany and India. The Pq-formula. (way less of a headache than the American formula and all you really do is divide by a)
@@Metalhammer1993 Yeah, can belive so. remaber when I first learned the formula, was a headice to memorice
@@alakas706 the american one really is a monster. the PQ one is a bit simpler
My God, the rest of the world uses the ABC formula? I hate that monster.
@@m.m.2341 yup. I at least only know Germany and India
Great video! Worth mentioning that this is really just the quadratic formula, from an understanding perspective rather than a "plug and play" perspective.
im in Calculus BC in my senior year of high school in the United States and I've never been taught this!! so cool
Me looking at the title, "I bet this has something to do with viete's theorem" sure enough it does! Just learned about this in class this semester
Props to my algebra teacher from 2 years ago for teaching us this method when it was first discovered
They have literally told us in school but now I understand where it comes from
Engineers: "just type it into Matlab!"
@Fahad Zafar its language to represent to Visualise data
@@rudrasama297 "to represent to visualise data"
Godzilla had a heart attack reading this
@@robinsingh9102 is he Dead now? Or you transplanted your heart?
I’m a half century, first time in my freaking life I see this method, I was always taught to “use your instincts’ basically instead of the midpoint and the minus sign before the second term of the equation.
Well, I thunk that after 25 years of obtaining my university degree, my certified professional title and 27 years of labor experience (yes, I started working on my career two years prior to license and degree), it’s never too late to learn something.
So are you saying that people didn't know this? Like before learning the quadratic formula?
Yes.. in NCERT its done before doing quadratic formula.😂in 10th
@@sarbjeetsingh9137 I know but nobody uses, all do these questions with the splitting the middle term
Tho these identities were told in class 9
@@lime-limelight that's true what you said tanish
Just apply Shri Dharacharya's quadratic formula 😄 it'll save your time.
don't think western guys are that good at maths ...i saw another video where goras were surprised seeing Indians telling squares and square roots of natural numbers .
The pq-formel one learns in germany is basically the same just put into one formula. Always am perplexed that quadratic formula is used in america
it's too hard to teach students to divide by leading coefficient.
I would assume that it is because the pq-formula is the solution to the equation x^2 + px + q = 0, while the quadratic formula instead solves ax^2 + bx + c = 0, meaning that, it is originally intuitively easier to understand the application of the quadratic formula, since it practically works for all quadratic equations, while the pq-formula occasionally requires simplification of the equation to fit the standard form.
Teaching US students a simplified method would lead to a LOT of confusion when dealing with more complex quadratic equations. I've seen a lot of different methods taught by teachers and the confusion isn't diminished among students, so I don't think it's the method that's the problem.
@@GaussianEntity if anything its the number of different methods that confuses students
People in this country are actually presented with either of both formulae.
THIS IS ABSOLUTELY WORKING ! KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK
"Change my life" is a bit far of a sketch but, still interesting.
I never thought that there might be different ways to do maths.
Learning maths like a religion seems wrong. Learning anything like a religion seems wrong.
This sparked my curiousity to find simpler ways to solve problems, rather than following the herd.
Ofcourse understanding the fundamentals is necessary, but sometimes teachers make things so complicated for no reason.
Nevertheless, this was helpful in a way and therefore, I am grateful.
Thank you sir! Very insightful, makes me want to play with maths with a different perspective....wow truly eye opening
This is essentially completing the square since it's all the same operations. Using the first example of x^2-6x+8, finding the midpoint is creating the square (x-3)^2, then the operation where he finds the distance is just moving the 8 over and adding the 9 from the square giving us (x-3)^2=9-8=1, then square root both sides and move the 3 over, 3+-1=2 and 4. It's exactly the same method. But then again, so is the quadratic formula, as it's derived from completing the square. It's all the same.
That being said, the value of this video lies in the geometric intuation it gives us for completing the square. I never had that before, it was always just something that I could kind of sense in the background while completing the square. Having geometric intuition for the maths you do helps you understand how everything flows in a deeper way, and that's what makes this video good.
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Huh! This kind of methords are everyday used in class 11 problems for IIT JEE
Proud to be jee aspirant 😊
Yes🤣.. in india 10th ka bachha ye kr lega😆
Mein to ye 6 class mein sikh liya tha
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It already changed my life in the first 30 seconds.
this generalizes into the quadratic formula
I was curious, so I did the work using A,B and C for the coefficients and was not surprised that they quadratic came out. I guess some people do better memorizing a formula, and others do better memorizing a method. I'll stick to the quadratic.
@@FrankTuesday And madmen compute the quadratic formula from the general form of the quadratic equation in the middle of the test.
yes but this can be used for higher order polynomials
@@bobross5716 how?
@@martin-__- just add more terms when you initially factor out the equation e.g. (x-x1)(x-x2)(x-x3)... and continue the process from there.
I am an Indian...that too from Bihar which is traditionally known for Its Mathematical acumen and guess what , this method was taught to us in 10th grade.😎
guess what I am from Nepal and this method was taught to us in 9th grade
@@diwas4696 destroyed in seconds ! Well that's not true though.
Ya bro I am in class 9th and I know this, but I use different trick
This method taught to us in 6th grade
@@mannudevsah5326 😂 kar diya chutiyapa😂😂 bhai 6 grade me kisne padha polynomials, factorization and all that 😂
On the other hand, the general analytical solution of a^x + b^x = c^x can be found in "On the Solutions of a^x + b^x = c^x" that can be download on Researchgate too.
This is basically depressing a polynomial no?
This is related to an important step in solving the general cubic equation.
Yes it is.
That’s harsh, we should be nice to the polynomial to help it overcome its depressive roots
Depressing a quadratic is equivalent to "completing the square".
Oh dear , thought I will learn some new method. Have already covered this in my elementary mathematics class back in school when I was a 6th grader.
Anyways , Kudos to your enthusiasm 🎉
You are from which country?
Same here
@@anshikagupta1114 India me bhi 6 class me krate h यह kha se aagyi tu?
@@akshatj4546 I am also from India but I learnt this in 9th standard
For example, the solution of x^2.01-5x+6=0 is x = ((-5/1.01)Wq((-1.01/5)*((6/5)^1.01)))^(1/1.01) = 2.0302 (up to 4 digits). Wq(z) is the Lambert-Tsallis function and, for this case, the parameter q has the value q = 1-1/1.01.
This is more or less an algorithmic way of the pq-formula.
And pq is even more simple and easier to use
@@tobibender7475 The point is not about "more simple and easier".
It is about following:
An algorithm does not explain why it works.
It is just:
Make step 1, step 2, step 3, ...
the pq-formula or abc-formula or what ever explains, why it works.
This is the difference.
@@easymathematik In school, we learned how to get from x²+px+q=0 to the pq-Formel. Afterwards, we used it to calculate fast.
My teacher : Use the Quadratic Formula.
Me : No thanks!! I've SEEN AND KNOW BETTER.
My teacher: YOU KNOW BETTER?
Me : (Proceed to the whiteboard at front of class) Ancient Method - BAM!!! (Hold the whiteboard marker in front of me at shoulder level, and...
DROP IT)
My teacher : A single tear comes out her left eye and rolls down her left cheek)
I feel this method should be included in our books .
you had to post this after i had a test on quadratics huh
@@vivek-zo2yy Thank you sir for your confirmation
@Everardo Olide :[
@@prodbyrish lol
After taking 3 years of math for engineering I never learned this. But I can say that I kinda miss learning new math
Nice video sir! Thanks for this one.
I find The logic to be pretty similar to Mohr's circle
Change variables, this technique is usually used to simplify Cubic and Quartic equation but it's so strong with Quadratic equation, we had Delta and Vieta fomulas. Anyway, this method is nice :))
I just realized this is quadratic equation but ofc can't deny it is in more simpler form here.
Your voice is so good as teacher just subscribed.
I thought we just have to find pair of factors of the c, and if that pair's sum is the value of the b, then those are roots (in ax²+bx+c). Isn't this simplified factor method easier than the video? We can even calculate using this mentally on our 7th
In general if the roots are irrational, then no
Rolan Samonte this kind of vidoes could save you much time looking for the correct answers
For irrational roots, it's hard, it may take time.. It's possible but it ain't easy.
I always thought of it like: how can i factor the last coefficient and sum/subtract those terms together to make the second coefficient.
That was how they taught us to factor quadratics first, but I kept asking, "but what if the factors aren't nice, round numbers", to which I was told, "don't worry, we'll get to that", and that turned out to be the quadratic equation, which always works. I think they only made us learn to figure out pairs that multiplied to b and added to c, was so that we would learn to recognize the easy cases, and avoid using the full formula.
That was how they taught us to factor quadratics first, but I kept asking, "but what if the factors aren't nice, round numbers", to which I was told, "don't worry, we'll get to that", and that turned out to be the quadratic equation, which always works. I think they only made us learn to figure out pairs that multiplied to b and added to c, was so that we would learn to recognize the easy cases, and avoid using the full formula.
@@BrightBlueJim sure, but for almost all cases that you are likely to encounter, the coefficients arent fractions
@@7rgrov198 That may be the case when you're taking an algebra test in high school, but when you are solving for the poles in an electrical circuit, the coefficients come from some combination of multiple electric component values, the coefiicients are almost never integers. This is just one example. Every place I've seen where I've actually had to solve a real world problem (as opposed to a problem in a textbook), I've had non-integer coefficients to deal with. I've come to realize that it's far easier to just plug the numbers into the quadratic formula, than to use one of these "shortcuts".
Thanks so much. Well explained!
Wait I know that I call it my jugadu formula. Came up with it during my maths test. ❤️
Very few will understand this new english word 'jugadu'.However it's good.
2:40 just put x1 = 8/x2 in upper equation you will directly get the answer
You had me at "You will never use the quadratic formula ever again" 🙌
Impressive, indeed! But I think it is more complicated than the usual way of computing quadratic equations.
I highly commended the technique, indeed. But if you compare that to the usual way of solving that equations, i don't think so.
Just saying!
@@anthonybalatarjr.7916 It is for the examples used, but he intentionally chose easy quadratics to make the process easier to absorb. There are several methods for factorising, and how useful and expedient they are depends on the quadratic in question. Formula always works, but is much slower than observation, for example, in such as his first equation (which can be factored in the head in seconds), but try doing that with the complex root quadratic he ends with, or the fraction. Use the best tool for the job, always.
Am I the only one that thinks the mid-point diagrams with the two "U"s over them look like cats?
Now I can't unsee it.
UwU
Good catch. Yes they do.
No, but that, combined with the two 'U's over it led me to wonder if it was going to end up being a drawing of a dog's face, or something.
Need a math and physics teacher as excited as you are
In INDIA we study this formula in class 7. And we call this formula as "middle term split"