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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 ...

A mathematician has uncovered a way of answering some of algebra's oldest problems ... to be intimately connected with the ...

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

Solving linear and quadratic equations algebraically and graphically. Solving systems of equations in two variables algebraically and graphically. Modeling systems of equations in three variables and ...

For centuries, one of algebra’s oldest puzzles has remained unsolved—how to find exact answers for higher-degree polynomials, ...

A mathematician has built an algebraic solution to an equation that was once believed impossible to solve. A UNSW Sydney ...

Wildberger said: "The Catalan numbers are understood to be intimately connected with the quadratic equation. Our innovation lies in the idea that if we want to solve higher equations, we should ...

A mathematician from UNSW Sydney has innovatively used new number sequences to solve algebra's oldest problem - higher ...