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Casus Irreducibilis


If P(x) is an irreducible cubic polynomial all of whose roots are real, then to obtain them by radicals, you must take roots of nonreal numbers at some point.


See also

Algebraic Integer, Cubic Equation, Cubic Polynomial

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References

Dummit, D. S. and Foote, R. M. Abstract Algebra, 1st ed. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, pp. 547 and 551, 1998.

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Weisstein, Eric W. "Casus Irreducibilis." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/CasusIrreducibilis.html

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