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Math shaken: 200-year-old algebra rule falls to Geode number discovery

A mathematician has solved a 200-year-old maths problem after figuring out a way to crack higher-degree polynomial equations without using radicals or irrational numbers.

The method developed by Norman Wildberger, PhD, an honorary professor at the School of Mathematics and Statistics at UNSW Sydney, 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.

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