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Testing whether $e^x+ax^2+bx+c$ has a zero
What is the simple test with exponential polynomials to determine whether
$$f(x)=e^x+ax^2+bx+c$$ has a positive zero?
This was prompted by the question about discriminants here. We have an ineffective ...
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Is equivalence of functions built from nested exponentiations a decidable problem?
Let $\mathcal{E}$ be the minimal set of symbolic expressions (without any predefined meaning) such that
The symbol $x$ is in $\mathcal{E}$, and
If expressions $P,Q\in\mathcal{E}$, then the ...
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