Polynomial functions and their roots

  • The why and how of substitution
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    The why and how of substitution

    Step back and reflect! This article reviews techniques such as substitution and change of coordinates which enable us to exploit underlying structures to crack problems.

  • An Introduction to Galois Theory
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    An introduction to Galois theory

    This article only skims the surface of Galois theory and should probably be accessible to a 17 or 18 year old school student with a strong interest in mathematics.

  • Telescoping Functions
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    Telescoping functions

    Take a complicated fraction with the product of five quartics top and bottom and reduce this to a whole number. This is a numerical example involving some clever algebra.