For centuries, one of algebra’s oldest puzzles has remained unsolved—how to find exact answers for higher-degree polynomials, where the variable is raised to the fifth power or more ...

A UNSW Sydney mathematician has discovered a new method to tackle algebra’s oldest challenge – solving higher polynomial equations. Polynomials are equations involving a variable raised to ...

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 ...

In fact, mathematicians typically only approximate the solutions for ones above a certain value, known as higher degree (or higher order) polynomials.

SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis, Vol. 36, No. 2 (Jan. - Mar., 1999), pp. 417-435 (19 pages) Schröder iteration functions, a generalization of the Newton-Raphson method to determine roots of ...