<s>[INST] Factorize $abx^2-(a^2+b^2)x+ab$ Factorize the quadratic trinomial $$abx^2-(a^2+b^2)x+ab.$$
The discriminant of the trinomial is $$D=(a^2+b^2)^2-(2ab)^2=\\=(a^2+b^2-2ab)(a^2+b^2+2ab)=(a-b)^2(a+b)^2=\\=\left[(a-b)(a+b)\right]^2=(a^2-b^2)^2\ge0 \text{ } \forall a,b.$$
So the roots are $$x_{1,2}=\dfrac{a^2+b^2\pm\sqrt{(a^2-b^2)^2}}{2ab}=\dfrac{a^2+b^2\pm\left|a^2-b^2\right|}{2ab}.$$ How can I expand the modulus here? Have I calculated the discriminant in a reasonable way? Can we talk about "the discriminant of a quadratic trinomial" or only the corresponding quadratic equation (the trinomial=0) has a discriminant? What about "the roots of a trinomial" (or of the corresponding quadratic equation)?
 [/INST] Everything is OK.
First: Accept
$$a^2≥b^2$$
Then accept
$$a^2≤b^2$$
You will see that the roots have not changed.
We have
$$abx^2-(a^2+b^2)x+ab=(a x - b) (b x - a)$$

Small Supplement:
Note that,
$$\begin{cases} ±|a^2-b^2|=±(a^2-b^2), a^2≥b^2 \\ ±|a^2-b^2|=±(b^2-a^2), a^2≤b^2 \end{cases}$$
$$\implies \pm(a^2-b^2)=\mp(b^2-a^2)$$
Thus,
$$±|a^2-b^2|=±(a^2-b^2).$$
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