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A UNSW professor claims that a long-standing algebra problem can be solved with a new method that avoids irrational numbers.

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A mathematician has solved a 200-year-old maths problem after figuring out a way to crack higher-degree polynomial equations ...

New research details an intriguing new way to solve "unsolvable" algebra problems that go beyond the fourth degree – ...

That year, French mathematician Évariste Galois finally illustrated why this was such a problem—the underlying mathematical ...

A UNSW Sydney mathematician has discovered a new method to tackle algebra's oldest challenge—solving higher polynomial ...