Polynomiography

Solving polynomial equations still plays a major role in the secondary mathematics curriculum. Over the years how one goes about solving them has changed dramatically. Before the arrival of powerful computers and calculators, one learned how to use the quadratic formula, various approximation routines such as the bisection method and Newton's Method, and if one was really advanced the cubic and quartic formulas. Now with the arrival of graphing calculators, easily accessible computer algebra systems such as WolframAlpha, one can get quick solutions of any polynomial equation of any degree.