noun
- polynomial equations of the fifth degree, or the mathematical study of such equations
Usage: mathematics; technical
Examples
- The mathematician specialized in solving quintics using advanced algebraic methods.
- Quintics cannot be solved by radicals in the general case, according to Abel’s theorem.
- The study of quintics led to important developments in group theory.
- She wrote her dissertation on the geometric properties of quintics.
- Unlike quadratics and cubics, quintics present unique computational challenges.
- The professor explained why quintics require numerical methods for most solutions.