Translation and commentary of Niels Abel's 1826 proof of the impossibility of an algebraic solution to the general quintic equation
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Section 1. General expression of an algebraic fuunction: Part 6
Translated by me as:
From which it follows, we can say
v = f(r', r''...n√ p)
where p is a function of μ-1 order but r',r''... are functions of μ order and at most m-1 degree, and we can always assume it is impossible to express n√ p as a rational function of these quantities.
Commentary:
Here v is from the previous discussion an algebraic function of order μ and degree m. Abel chooses to emphasize the dependence of v on one particular radical term and express the dependence on all other radical terms by using the quantities r',r''....
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