A UNSW Sydney mathematician has discovered a new method to tackle algebra's oldest challenge—solving higher polynomial ...

The polynomial problem Solutions to degree-two polynomials have been around since 1800 BC, thanks to the Babylonians' 'method of completing the square', which evolved into the quadratic formula ...

Therefore, he figured, no general formula could solve them ... or functions like sine and cosine. His new method to solve polynomials also avoids radicals and irrational numbers, relying instead ...

A federal judge halted Trump’s executive order aimed at tightening election security, siding with Democratic-aligned groups ...

U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, a Clinton appointee, issued a preliminary injunction blocking the administration from enforcing a new requirement for voters to provide proof of U.S ...

La Géométrie, a short appendix that appeared in Descartes’ famous Discourse on the Method, laid the foundations of analytic ...