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From:
George Paxton Young
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[16 February 1860]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.445
Summary:

Sends published paper containing GY's proof that roots of algebraic equations above fourth degree cannot be represented by finite functions, and showing how roots of fifth degree equations may be found. GY's method may be extended to all higher degrees.

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John Herschel Project
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