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Long considered solved, David Hilbert’s question about seventh-degree polynomials is leading researchers to a new web of mathematical connections. Success is rare in math. Just ask Benson Farb. “The ...

How many times during your educational career have you thought to yourself, “When on earth am I ever -- and I mean ever -- going to use this?” I would venture to guess we’ve all thought this a time or ...

Expressions like the following are called polynomials in one variable. 0, -5, 7 etc. are examples of constant polynomials. The constant polynomial 0 is also the zero polynomial. Others like 7x + 9 is ...