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  1. ; Simple example show how sensitive polynomial roots
  2. ; are to the coefficients.
  3. ; Try
  4. ;   c = 0        roots x = 0, 3, 4, 5
  5. ;   c = 24       roots x = 1, 0.8883
  6. ;   c = 24.1     no roots
  7.  
  8.  x^4 - 12x^3 + 47x^2 - 60x + c = 0
  9.  c = 24.
  10.  -100 < x < 100
  11.  PROGRESS x
  12.