Dacoity is an Indian bandit cult whose most famous member was possibly Phoolan Devi. The term 'dacoit' is often used simply to mean 'bandit'. See also Thuggee.
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... when computing roots numerically, the usual form of the quadratic formula is not ideal. See Loss of significance for details.
Derivation
The quadratic formula is ...