Incidentally, two of the ancient “unsolvable problems in geometry”, doubling the cube and trisecting an angle, are equivalent to solving a cubic equation.
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Ok. I learned something new today. At this late date in my life, I hope I might yet grasp the Schrödinger wave equation. /:
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I just started watching this. Yoiks, and away!
Interesting history lesson. And I appreciate the simple linkage between algebra and geometry.