The roots of polynomial $ p(x) $ are:
$$ \begin{aligned}x_1 &= 2.4142\\[1 em]x_2 &= -0.4142 \end{aligned} $$The solutions of $ x^2-2x-1 = 0 $ are: $ x = 1-\sqrt{ 2 } ~ \text{and} ~ x = 1+\sqrt{ 2 }$.
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