Problem #PRU-65726

Problems Calculus Real numbers Integer and fractional parts. Archimedean property Algebra Polynomials Quadratic polynomials Investigating the quadratic polynomial

Problem

Author: A. Khrabrov

Do there exist integers a and b such that

a) the equation x2+ax+b=0 does not have roots, and the equation x2+ax+b=0 does have roots?

b) the equation x2+2ax+b=0 does not have roots, and the equation x2+2ax+b=0 does have roots?

Note that here, square brackets represent integers and curly brackets represent non-integer values or 0.