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Old April 20th, 2008, 09:37 AM
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Originally Posted by Isomorphism View Post
Well, no "n-thics" can yield a formula in terms of its coefficients for n > 4 by Abels Impossibility theorem. Try this link Abel's Impossibility Theorem -- from Wolfram MathWorld
Wait isnt due to Galois Theory that we know there cant be a quintic equation?
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