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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!newsflash.concordia.ca!daily-planet.concordia.ca!alcor.concordia.ca.Concordia.CA!mckay
  2. From: mckay@alcor.concordia.ca (John McKay)
  3. Newsgroups: sci.math
  4. Subject: Re: symbolic derivation of polynomial roots
  5. Message-ID: <5412@daily-planet.concordia.ca>
  6. Date: 9 Nov 92 12:10:29 GMT
  7. Sender: usenet@daily-planet.concordia.ca
  8. Organization: Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec
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  10. Originator: mckay@alcor.concordia.ca
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  13. My understanding is that the roots of ANY polynomial in Q[x] 
  14. can be expressed in terms of radicals. What is the trick?
  15. You may need infinitely many of them.
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