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IFLScience on MSN.com · 1h

"Algebra's Oldest Challenge" Gets A Sparkly New Answer

And ironically, for a question often known as “algebra’s oldest challenge”, it all started with a denial that would have made the ancients proud.
Live Science on MSN.com · 2d

'Dramatic revision of a basic chapter in algebra': Mathematicians devise new way to solve devilishly difficult equations

Mathematicians have devised a new way to solve higher-order polynomial equations, ushering in a 'dramatic revision of a basic chapter in algebra'.
New Atlas · 3d

200-year-old "algebra wall" shattered with a bold new approach

New research details an intriguing new way to solve "unsolvable" algebra problems that go beyond the fourth degree – something that has generally been deemed impossible using traditional methods for two centuries,
Icon for www.bbc.co.ukBBC · Apr 21, 2022

Solving polynomial equations Solving polynomials

We solve polynomials algebraically in order to determine the roots - where a curve cuts the \(x\)-axis. A root of a polynomial function, \(f(x)\), is a value for \(x\) for which \(f(x ...
Phys.org on MSN.com · 3d

Mathematician solves algebra's oldest problem using intriguing new number sequences

A UNSW Sydney mathematician has discovered a new method to tackle algebra's oldest challenge—solving higher polynomial equations.
Greek Reporter · 2d

Algebra’s Oldest Problem Finally Solved

A UNSW professor claims that a long-standing algebra problem can be solved with a new method that avoids irrational numbers.
Icon for www.bbc.co.ukBBC · Apr 11, 2023

Solving polynomial equations The discriminant

Save guides, add subjects and pick up where you left off with your BBC account. Roots can occur in a parabola in 3 different ways as shown in the diagram below: In diagram A, we can see that this ...
Interesting Engineering on MSN.com · 3d

Math shaken as 200-year-old polynomial rule falls to Geode number discovery

A mathematician has solved a 200-year-old maths problem after figuring out a way to crack higher-degree polynomial equations without using radicals or irrational numbers. The method developed by Norman Wildberger,
Icon for www.bristol.ac.ukUniversity of Bristol · Jun 26, 2019

Visualising integer solutions to polynomial equations

Three researchers from Bristol University are seeking to develop methods for analysing the distribution of integer solutions to polynomial equations. How do you know when a polynomial equation has integer solutions? Trevor Wooley, Tim Browning and Andy ...
Icon for www.nature.comNature · Nov 23, 2024

Equation solving by simulation

Having lowered the bar for the sense in which we hope to solve a system of linear equations, one might wonder whether this quantum algorithm 3 offers a real advantage over classical computing at all.
Icon for www.sfu.caSimon Fraser University · Feb 13, 2021

Graduate Courses

no formula exists to solve polynomial equations of degree 5 or more. Proving this theorem is one goal of this class. Complex analysis is a subject whose importance has a broad reach within mathematics. This course will revisit the foundations of the study ...
Icon for www.newscientist.comNew Scientist · Dec 1, 2021

Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī

The book showed how to solve polynomial equations, and algebraic methods of writing an expression in a simpler form, a tactic known as reduction. It also covered key concepts such as moving a ...
NewsBytes · 3d

How this mathematician solved algebra's oldest problem

A mathematician from UNSW Sydney has innovatively used new number sequences to solve algebra's oldest problem - higher polynomial equations.
Icon for www.popsci.comPopular Science · 3d

Mathematician solves algebra’s oldest problem

Outside of headspinning concepts on paper, Wildberger believes the new approach to higher power polynomials could soon result in computer programs capable of solving equations without the need for ...
Icon for www.sciencedaily.comScience Daily · 4d

Mathematician solves algebra's oldest problem using intriguing new number sequences

However, a general method for solving 'higher order' polynomial equations, where x is raised to the power of five or higher, has historically proven elusive. Now, UNSW Honorary Professor Norman ...
Icon for www.newsweek.comNewsweek · 3d

Mathematician Solves Algebra's Oldest Problem

University of New South Wales Honorary Professor Norman Wildberger, has revealed a potentially game-changing approach to solving higher polynomial equations. Polynomial equations involve a ...