It’s a long and fascinating story, with a remarkable mathematical conclusion: The ability to turn any cubic into a depressed cubic, together with the ability to solve any depressed cubic, allows us to ...

Although he began as Cardano’s servant, Ferrari eventually became Cardano’s mathematical equal. By helping Cardano with his work on the cubic, he became so algebraically adept that he discovered how ...

GCSE; WJEC; Equations of curves - Intermediate & Higher tier – WJEC Solving quadratic equations graphically - Higher. Quadratic, cubic and exponential graphs are three different types of curved ...

In the early 16th century, several Italian Renaissance mathematicians struggled to solve polynomial equations, ... The third power of x yields a cubic equation and the fourth power a quartic.