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Unsolvability of the quintic formalized in dependent type theory

  • Université Côte D’Azur
  • INRIA Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique
  • Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

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Abstract

In this paper, we describe an axiom-free Coq formalization that there does not exists a general method for solving by radicals polynomial equations of degree greater than 4. This development includes a proof of Galois' Theorem of the equivalence between solvable extensions and extensions solvable by radicals. The unsolvability of the general quintic follows from applying this theorem to a well chosen polynomial with unsolvable Galois group.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication12th International Conference on Interactive Theorem Proving, ITP 2021
EditorsLiron Cohen, Cezary Kaliszyk
PublisherSchloss Dagstuhl- Leibniz-Zentrum fur Informatik GmbH, Dagstuhl Publishing
ISBN (Electronic)9783959771887
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jun 2021
Event12th International Conference on Interactive Theorem Proving, ITP 2021 - Virtual, Rome, Italy
Duration: 29 Jun 20211 Jul 2021

Publication series

NameLeibniz International Proceedings in Informatics, LIPIcs
Volume193
ISSN (Print)1868-8969

Conference

Conference12th International Conference on Interactive Theorem Proving, ITP 2021
Country/TerritoryItaly
CityVirtual, Rome
Period29/06/211/07/21

Keywords

  • Abel-Ruffini
  • Coq
  • Dependent Type Theory
  • Galois theory
  • General quintic
  • Mathematical Components

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