Simple question. How do you solve and factorize this using a CAS tool?

Question

Simple question for you awesome guys :)

I've got the formular for a polynomial:

7x^4-56x^3+224x^2-56x+231=0

The thing i need to do is to solve and factorize the above equation.

How can I do this?

Answer 1

The factor command will help you. For example

factor(x^3+5,complex)

Will factor your polynomial in the complex plane. See the maple help here.

Answer 2

Besides to another answer, you can use the fsolve command. Firstly define your polynomial as

p:=7x^4-56x^3+224x^2-56x+231;

in Maple environment and then enter the following command as I pointed:

fsolve(p=0);

As you see below, I check of probable solutions by making a plot. It tells us that p=0 has no real solutions.