What is Viète known for regarding roots of polynomials?
Eliminating them
Creating them
Understanding their behaviors
Disproving their existence
Answer
Viète's most important contribution to mathematics was his work on the roots of polynomials. He was the first to recognize that the coefficients of a polynomial equation are related to the roots of the equation. This led to the development of methods for solving polynomial equations, which are still used today.
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