A mathematician has developed an algebraic solution to an equation that was long thought to be unsolvable. A groundbreaking ...

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University of New South Wales Honorary Professor Norman Wildberger has unveiled a potentially game-changing mathematical ...

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Solving one of the oldest algebra problems isn't a bad claim to fame, and it's a claim Norman Wildberger can now make: The ...

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