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In Julian Havil's book " The Irrationals a Story of the Numbers You Can't Count On" he discusses solutions to a simple fifth degree equation on page 133:
##x^5-5x+12=0##
"the only real solution [of this equation is] the irrational number:
##x=-1.84208596619025438271118...##

This number requires about 600 symbols for its exact expression in radicals."
I looked all over the internet to find this irrational number expressed as 600 symbols , but I was unable to find it. Any help out there?
 
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In Julian Havil's book " The Irrationals a Story of the Numbers You Can't Count On" he discusses solutions to a simple fifth degree equation on page 133:
##x^5-5x+12=0##
"the only real solution [of this equation is] the irrational number:
##x=-1.84208596619025438271118...##

This number requires about 600 symbols for its exact expression in radicals."
I looked all over the internet to find this irrational number expressed as 600 symbols , but I was unable to find it. Any help out there?
Got it! Unfortunately my Japanese has suffered a little ...
(see also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bring_radical)
 
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