Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2011
Abstract
You might have been led to believe that math is all about solving equations. Sadly, however, most equations can't actually be solved. The best one can do is to try to approximate their solutions.
Disciplines
Mathematics
eCommons Citation
Diller, Jeffrey, "Imaginary Numbers, Unsolvable Equations, and Newton's Method (Abstract)" (2011). Kenneth C. Schraut Memorial Lectures. 10.
https://ecommons.udayton.edu/mth_kcs/10
Comments
Abstract of paper presented at the 12th annual Kenneth C. Schraut Lecture held at the University of Dayton, 2011.