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 ...

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

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

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 ...

And they can be calculated using a simple two-degree polynomial. “The Catalan numbers are understood to be intimately connected with the quadratic equation. Our innovation lies in the idea that ...

Ah, math. Take an easy problem we all studied in our teens, scale it up by just a couple of steps, and suddenly you’re facing ...

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

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