The document discusses methods for finding the roots of polynomial equations, including Muller's method and Bairstow's method. Muller's method uses three points to derive the coefficients of a parabola and find an approximated root. Bairstow's method involves synthetically dividing a polynomial by a quadratic factor to find values of r and s that make the coefficients b1 and b0 equal to zero, through an iterative process. It provides an example of applying Bairstow's method to find the roots of a 5th order polynomial.