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Tackling the Biggest Unsolved Problems in Math with 3Blue1Brown
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It is mathematically impossible to write a general formula for solving polynomial equations of degree five or higher.
“if you're trying to write a formula using the usual symbols that we do, plus minus times, divide, maybe you allow for roots and things like that. If these are the operations at your disposal, you will literally never be able to write down a formula for degree 5 or higher.”
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