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Ultraradical

A symbol which can be used to express solutions not obtainable by finite Root extraction. The solution to the irreducible Quintic Equation

\begin{displaymath}
x^5+x=a
\end{displaymath}

is written \BoxedEPSF{Ultraradical.epsf scaled 1000}.

See also Radical




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1999-05-26