Hilbert’s 12th problem asked for novel analogues of the roots of unity, the building blocks for certain number systems. Now, over 100 years later, two mathematicians have produced them. Problems in ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract In this paper the problem proposed by Kuhn on the presence of a monotonicity property related to the Kuhn's algorithm for finding roots of a ...

A UNSW Sydney mathematician has discovered a new method to tackle algebra's oldest challenge—solving higher polynomial equations. Polynomials are equations involving a variable raised to powers, such ...