Researchers have found a new way to solve high-degree polynomial equations, previously thought impossible for 200 years. This math breakthrough reopens algebra.

They also show up in the solution to a quadratic equation. Wildberger’s insight was that to solve polynomials of higher degrees, you need higher-dimensional versions of these sequences.

Polynomial equations involve a variable being raised to powers, such as the degree two polynomial: 1+ 4x - 3x 2 = 0. Until now, a method for solving "higher order" polynomial equations, where x is ...