Quadratic Equation Solver

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For the second-order polynomial equation:

The following solution exists:

Solutions using numerical methods are somewhat unreliable for several reasons including limited precision, overflow and underflow, and some boundary conditions. If you have access to a symbolic solver (Mathematica, Maple, etc.), the results will be more useful, but this Java solver will provide numerical real and imaginary roots for most cases.