This method didn’t appear in the West until the 19th century, but had been in use in China centuries earlier. The Chinese could also work with more complex problems, using their remainder theorem.

A UNSW Sydney mathematician has discovered a new method to tackle algebra's oldest challenge—solving higher polynomial equations.

Researchers have found a new way to solve high-degree polynomial equations, previously thought impossible for 200 years. This math breakthrough reopens algebra.

Quadratic equations are polynomials, meaning strings of math terms. An expression like “x + 4” is a polynomial. They can have ...

You can use a SOLVE statement to solve the nonlinear equation system for some variables when the values of other variables are given. Consider the demand and supply model shown in the preceding ...

David E. Muller, A Method for Solving Algebraic Equations Using an Automatic Computer, Mathematical Tables and Other Aids to Computation, Vol. 10, No. 56 (Oct., 1956), pp. 208-215 ...

AI is accelerating a conversation around how math instruction should put more emphasis on using numbers to solve real-world problems.

Family theory has developed so that family researchers are asking research questions concerning complex interrelationships in family behavior that may benefit from using simultaneous equations ...