That belief dates back to 1832, when French mathematician Évariste Galois showed that solving polynomials of degree five or higher could not be done using a standard formula involving radicals.

While this won't mean a whole lot to school students in math class, accuracy in answering higher-order polynomial problems could have huge implications in the fields of science and technology.

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 ...

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 ...

A UNSW Sydney mathematician has discovered a new method to tackle algebra's oldest challenge—solving higher polynomial equations. Polynomials are equations involving a variable raised to powers ...

For many, many years now, people studying algebra have known that we simply “can’t” solve certain polynomials. They can’t be taken apart into a mathematical term that fits under a square ...

Partial differential equations (PDEs) are a class of mathematical problems that represent the interplay of multiple variables ...

A mathematician has built an algebraic solution to an equation that was once believed impossible to solve. The equations are fundamental to maths as well as science, where they have broad ...