Re: Integral

From: KRamsay (kramsay_at_aol.com)
Date: 12/28/04 

Date: 28 Dec 2004 06:07:16 GMT

In article <WTKzd.909$u62.674@news01.roc.ny>, "mike3" <mike4ty4@yahoo.com>
writes:

>I want *exact* answers. Can the quintic be solved
>in a finite number of elementary functions -- ie.
>both algebraic and (elementary!) trascendental functions
>(ie. sin, cos, tan, etc.)?

Well, the roots of the quintic are by definition algebraic
functions of the coefficients. It sounds like you want to
consider some more restricted family of functions.

Keith Ramsay

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