>It's fortunate that we so seldom need to solve cubic or higher order polynomial equations. We do, it's just that we choose different formulations for problems

>It's fortunate that we so seldom need to solve cubic or higher order polynomial equations. We do, it's just that we choose different formulations for problems which require such solutions, or straight up don't solve them. Think about the unsolvable n-body problem from classical mechanics. An equivalent of that problem exists in most scientific disciplines. We just choose not to think of those problems from the polynomial solving angle.