The solution of the quartic equations. Mathematica can construct the solutions to the general quartic equation.
Exploration.
Enter the general quartic equation.
The formulas for the roots are extremely complicated.
(c) 2006 John H. Mathews, Russell W. Howell
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are extremely complicated.