A Centuries-Old "Impossible" Equation, Once Considered Unsolvable, Finally Has a Solution

The Debrief ^ | May 13, 2025 | Christopher Plain

[SunkenCiv]

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[Paladin2]

Does NVIDA agree?

[ClearCase_guy]

Galois was a fascinating guy. Killed in a duel at age 20. He did amazing things and could have done even more amazing things.

[itsahoot]

So was the answer A or C?

[Lurker]

D. All of the above.

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[Hot Tabasco]

Ah, thanks for posting that. Now I get it.......(not)

[Hyman Roth]

Liberalism squared = jack asses

[laplata]

Ah, thanks for posting that. Now I get it.......(not)

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Now I know how close I was......NOT.

[Billthedrill]

The answer was 42.

[sonova]

When the centuries-old equation was tested using the new method, Wildberger could extract “approximate numerical answers,” proving that it works.

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Is an approximation a solution?

[ConservaTexan]

But can it solve this, 5q + 5q = ?

[SuperLuminal]

Would like to see a paper that contains the actual calculations and its unique use of the power series before I judge this work...

[ProtectOurFreedom]

It looks like the tangent teeter-totter at the left inflection point is going to tip into the Valley of Democrat Despair any second now.

[Bratch]

[SunkenCiv]

Ironically, I met Polly Nomial in a remedial math class in college.

[Scrambler Bob]

5q + 5q = 55 q^2

[algore]

I wonder if there is a video with a decent math guy who demonstrates this?

No, no not this guy

https://nypost.com/2021/11/03/taiwanese-math-teacher-uses-pornhub-to-reach-more-students/

[Nateman]

Golais proved you could not get a general solution using radicals. In the process he created an entire new branch of Mathematics. His ideas were so new the top mathematians of the time dismissed his work. Of course later on some others realized how brilliant his ideas were.

Max Planck, a Nobel laureate and physicist said "Science advances one funeral at a time" . New scientific truths often don't gain acceptance by convincing those who oppose them, but rather because the opponents die off and a new generation, more receptive to the new ideas, emerges.

[17th Miss Regt]

One cannot find a solution of the general fifth degree polynomial equation using only radicals because the alternating group on five symbols is simple. How does this method get around that fact?