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Algebraic solution
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Solution in radicals.
do not have any algebraic solution. The same is true for every higher degree. However, for any degree there are some polynomial equations that have algebraic solutions; for example, the equation can be solved as The eight other solutions are nonreal complex numbers, which are also algebraic and have the form where r is a fifth root of unity, which can be expressed with two nested square roots. See also Quintic function § Other solvable quintics for various other examples in degree 5.