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 ...

It is possible to find the cube and cube root of a number using simple formulas in Excel. You can use the same formula in Excel, Excel Online, and Google Sheets to calculate the cube root or cube of ...

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 ...

A new method for the simultaneous approximation of all the roots of a polynomial is given. The method converges for almost every initial approximation, the set of the exceptional starting points being ...