Polynomials above 4 degrees have a shiny new target on their back.

Two mathematicians have used a new geometric approach in order to address a very old problem in algebra ... to find exact solutions to higher degree polynomials. The Catalan numbers are a natural ...

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 mathematician has solved what are known as higher-degree polynomial equations ...

Students learn them beginning in algebra or pre-algebra classes, but they’re spoonfed examples ... you get two solutions, 2 and 6, which solve the original polynomial equation.

solves one of algebra’s oldest challenges by finding a general solution to equations where the variable is raised to the fifth power or higher. Polynomials, which are equations that involve ...

"Our solution reopens a previously closed book in mathematics history," Prof. Wildberger says. Solutions to degree-two polynomials have been around since 1800 BC, thanks to the Babylonians ...