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Abel-Ruffini theorem
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Etymology
Named after Paolo Ruffini, who made an incomplete proof in 1799, and Niels Henrik Abel, who provided a proof in 1824.
Proper noun
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en math A theorem stating that there is no solution in radicals to general polynomial equations of degree five or higher with arbitrary coefficients.
en Abel's impossibility theorem
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