2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/112691We will show that the roots of a polynomial equation in one variable of degree n are related to the solutions of a symmetric quadratic form in n-1 variables with constant positive integer coefficients. The classic polynomial notation will be rewritten to define a characteristic discriminant of a polynomial of degree n. A new set of characteristic roots allows expressing the characteristic discriminant as the result of a symmetric quadratic form.PDF, 7 pagesGeneral Mathematicstext