Before being mortally wounded in a duel at age 20, Évariste Galois discovered the hidden structure of polynomial equations. By studying the relationships between their solutions — rather than the ...

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, such ...

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https://doi.org/10.4169/college.math.j.48.1.18 https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.4169/college.math.j.48.1.18 We describe the fundamental theorem on symmetric ...