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General Solution for Polynomial Equations?

Posted by michael on from the higher-order-geekdom dept.

An anonymous reader writes "On september 9, several media reported that a young Dutch student found a formula to determine the roots of any polynomial equation. Does this conflict with Abel's proof that such a formula cannot exist? Here is the news item (in Dutch) on his school's homepage." Another reader writes "A Dutch student at the Fontys school of physics has solved a math problem of several centuries old: finding the roots of any polynomial equation. Arxciv copy here. Although an exact solution has been proven impossible for higher orders, this is not the case for numeric solutions."

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  1. Damn, 11 Years too late by Paulrothrock · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I really could have used this in Algebra class!

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  2. Hmm...more trampling by the rampaging hordes. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Someday, someone will post the secrets of everything on the web and we'll just turn their webserver into a smoking pile of silicon and burnt plastic.

    Fucking Vogons.

  3. Rough translation by LiquidCoooled · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    blah blah blah ....... pie ........

    blah blah blah .... got root ....

    yadda bladda radda..... polyphonic ringtones.... ....tumm tee tumm.

    Good job Im going on holiday and dont have to think about anything complicated ;)

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  4. Re:The fish by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Sure, if your stack is big enough.

    Are you coming on to me?