That year, French mathematician Évariste Galois finally illustrated why this was such a problem—the underlying mathematical symmetry in the established methods for lower-order polynomials simply ...

A polynomial is a type of algebraic equation that involves variables raised to a non-negative power — for example, x² + 5x + ...

A mathematician and a computer scientist have just solved an "impossible" equation that has been considered unsolvable for ...

Polynomials above 4 degrees have a shiny new target on their back.

“We’ve found these extensions, and shown how, logically, they lead to a general solution to polynomial equations. “This is a dramatic revision of a basic chapter in algebra.” Even quintics ...

But although most high schoolers know how to solve simple polynomial equations, the solutions to higher-order ... A polynomial is a type of algebraic equation that involves variables raised ...

"We've found these extensions, and shown how, logically, they lead to a general solution to polynomial equations," Wildberger said. "This is a dramatic revision of a basic chapter in algebra." ...

"We've found these extensions, and shown how, logically, they lead to a general solution to polynomial equations. "This is a dramatic revision of a basic chapter in algebra." Even quintics -- a ...