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This chapter discusses some problems about solving equations, ones of a type that are not as well known as polynomial equations. These emerge in the theory of harmonic functions, and are better for analysing Einstein’s phenomenon of gravitational lensing than polynomial equations.
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Lipton, R.J., Regan, K.W. (2013). Albert Einstein: Beyond Polynomial Equations. In: People, Problems, and Proofs. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-41422-0_42
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