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A UNSW professor claims that a long-standing algebra problem can be solved with a new method that avoids irrational numbers.

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A mathematical conundrum that has remained unsolvable for a few hundred years has been finally solved. The mathematician decided to cut off some extra details and had his EUREKA! moment. Science & Tec ...

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