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Victor K.
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Understanding Root and Solving higher degree polynomials

I have trouble understanding "Root" in Mathematica.

For instance:

Solve[x^5 + 2 x + 1 == 0, x]

gives me a strange solution that I don't quite understand. Any help would be highly appreciated.

james
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