SOLUTION: please help me i am having problems factoring this polynomial a^4+a^2 thanks aaron

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Question 275622: please help me i am having problems factoring this polynomial a^4+a^2 thanks aaron
Answer by solver91311(24713) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!




You can take out.



If you are factoring over the reals, then you are done -- does not factor over the reals.

If you are factoring over the Complex numbers:



where is the imaginary number defined by


John