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A theorem stating that there is no solution in radicals to general polynomial equations of degree five or higher with arbitrary coefficients.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: mathematics, sciences
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Synonyms: Abel's impossibility theorem
Antonyms: none provided
History
Named after Paolo Ruffini, who made an incomplete proof in 1799, and Niels Henrik Abel, who provided a proof in 1824.
