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  2. Abel–Ruffini theorem - Wikipedia

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    Abel–Ruffini theorem refers also to the slightly stronger result that there are equations of degree five and higher that cannot be solved by radicals. This does not follow from Abel's statement of the theorem, but is a corollary of his proof, as his proof is based on the fact that some polynomials in the coefficients of the equation are not ...

  3. How to Solve It - Wikipedia

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    Genre. Mathematics, problem solving. Publication date. 1945. ISBN. 9780691164076. How to Solve It (1945) is a small volume by mathematician George Pólya, describing methods of problem solving. [1] This book has remained in print continually since 1945.

  4. Quintic function - Wikipedia

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    Solving these two quintics yields r = 1.501 x 10 9 m for L 2 and r = 1.491 x 10 9 m for L 1. The Sun–Earth Lagrangian points L 2 and L 1 are usually given as 1.5 million km from Earth. If the mass of the smaller object ( M E ) is much smaller than the mass of the larger object ( M S ), then the quintic equation can be greatly reduced and L 1 ...

  5. Equation solving - Wikipedia

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    Equation solving. The quadratic formula, the symbolic solution of the quadratic equation ax2 + bx + c = 0. An example of using Newton–Raphson method to solve numerically the equation f(x) = 0. In mathematics, to solve an equation is to find its solutions, which are the values (numbers, functions, sets, etc.) that fulfill the condition stated ...

  6. Quadratic formula - Wikipedia

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    Quadratic formula. The roots of the quadratic function y = ⁠ 1 2 ⁠x2 − 3x + ⁠ 5 2 ⁠ are the places where the graph intersects the x -axis, the values x = 1 and x = 5. They can be found via the quadratic formula. In elementary algebra, the quadratic formula is a closed-form expression describing the solutions of a quadratic equation.

  7. Cubic equation - Wikipedia

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    Cubic equation. Graph of a cubic function with 3 real roots (where the curve crosses the horizontal axis at y = 0 ). The case shown has two critical points. Here the function is and therefore the three real roots are 2, -1 and -4. In algebra, a cubic equation in one variable is an equation of the form in which a is not zero.

  8. Algebraic equation - Wikipedia

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    Algebraic equation. In mathematics, an algebraic equation or polynomial equation is an equation of the form , where P is a polynomial with coefficients in some field, often the field of the rational numbers. For example, is an algebraic equation with integer coefficients and. is a multivariate polynomial equation over the rationals.

  9. Optimal solutions for the Rubik's Cube - Wikipedia

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    [1] The maximal number of face turns needed to solve any instance of the Rubik's Cube is 20, [2] and the maximal number of quarter turns is 26. [3] These numbers are also the diameters of the corresponding Cayley graphs of the Rubik's Cube group. In STM (slice turn metric), the minimal number of turns is unknown.