Home›Articles›Algebra›Fifty Years of Proofs That Assumed Their Own ConclusionArticleFifty Years of Proofs That Assumed Their Own ConclusionAlgebraConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)ConnectionsArticle OnAlgebra, Branches of Mathematics Well-attested Source Mathematics Atlas Long-Form Articles, First Editiontier 2SourcesMacTutor History of Mathematics Archivetier 1University of St Andrews, School of Mathematics and StatisticsHistory Topics: The fundamental theorem of algebra (MacTutor), section on the 1799 Gauss proofQuote, History Topics: The fundamental theorem of algebra (MacTutor), section on the 1799 Gauss proofthe fact that they were assuming the existence of roots and then trying to deduce properties of themView the SourceMathematics Atlas Long-Form Articles, First Editiontier 2Mathematics Atlas editorial staffArticle On: AlgebraComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.