Quantifier elimination: Optimal solution for two classical examples (Q1104314)

Two equivalent quantifier-free formulas corresponding to the following two problems are given: \((1)\quad (\forall x)P(x)\geq 0,\) where P(x) is a polynomial of degree 4, \((2)\quad (\forall x)(\forall y)E(x,y)=0\Rightarrow C(x,y)\leq 0,\) where E(x,y) and C(x,y) are the ellipse and, respectively, unit circle expressions. The solutions are elegant and need elementary calculus.