Prasoon recently implemented a complete algorithm for solving quintics, so assuming it is working correctly, this does indeed mean that these solutions cannot be represented by radicals.
Aaron Meurer On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 9:02 AM, Chris Smith <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> [w.n(3) for w in solve(S('x**5 + x**3 + 1'))] > [-0.838, -0.218 - 1.17*I, -0.218 + 1.17*I, 0.637 - 0.665*I, 0.637 + 0.665*I] > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "sympy" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sympy?hl=en-US. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sympy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sympy?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
