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 ...

Solving one of the oldest algebra problems isn't a bad claim to fame, and it's a claim Norman Wildberger can now make: The mathematician has solved what are known as higher-degree polynomial equations ...

Polynomial equations are a cornerstone of modern science, providing a mathematical basis for celestial mechanics, computer graphics, market growth predictions and much more. But although most high ...

Mathematics of Computation, Vol. 65, No. 216 (Oct., 1996), pp. 1663-1674 (12 pages) Let L = Q[ α ] be an abelian number field of prime degree q, and let a be a nonzero rational number. We describe an ...