{"id":213045,"date":"2025-05-02T01:13:22","date_gmt":"2025-05-02T06:13:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/05\/mathematician-solves-algebras-oldest-problem-using-intriguing-new-number-sequences"},"modified":"2025-05-02T01:13:22","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T06:13:22","slug":"mathematician-solves-algebras-oldest-problem-using-intriguing-new-number-sequences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/05\/mathematician-solves-algebras-oldest-problem-using-intriguing-new-number-sequences","title":{"rendered":"Mathematician solves algebra\u2019s oldest problem using intriguing new number sequences"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/mathematician-solves-algebras-oldest-problem-using-intriguing-new-number-sequences.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A UNSW Sydney mathematician has discovered a new method to tackle algebra\u2019s oldest challenge\u2014solving higher polynomial equations.<\/p>\n<p>Polynomials are equations involving a variable raised to powers, such as the degree two polynomial: 1 + 4x \u2013 3x<sup>2<\/sup> = 0.<\/p>\n<p>The equations are fundamental to math as well as science, where they have broad applications, like helping describe the movement of planets or writing computer programs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A UNSW Sydney mathematician has discovered a new method to tackle algebra\u2019s oldest challenge\u2014solving higher polynomial equations. Polynomials are equations involving a variable raised to powers, such as the degree two polynomial: 1 + 4x \u2013 3\u00d72 = 0. The equations are fundamental to math as well as science, where they have broad applications, like [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":427,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1523,41,2229,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-213045","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computing","category-information-science","category-mathematics","category-space"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213045","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/427"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=213045"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213045\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=213045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=213045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=213045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}