English Explanatory Dictionary

Abel-Ruffini theorem

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A theorem stating that there is no solution in radicals to general polynomial equations of degree five or higher with arbitrary coefficients.

Word forms

Abel-Ruffini theorem the Abel-Ruffini theorem

Etymology

Named after Paolo Ruffini, who made an incomplete proof in 1799, and Niels Henrik Abel, who provided a proof in 1824.

Synonyms

Abel's impossibility theorem
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