On Tue, Aug 07, 2007 at 03:42:08PM -0700, Suresh Govindachar` wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> This equation in x:
>
> x^5 * h + x^4 * f + x^3 * f + x^2 * f + x * f + f - g = 0
>
> has a closed form solution when g=h.
>
> Is it possible to use maxima to find out other relationships among
> f, g and h which result in that equation having a closed form
> solution? If so, how?
I'm not that familiar with Galois Theory, but I think it's the area of
mathematics that you should look at to find answers to these questions.
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Daniel Lakeland
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