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I don't get why the Abel-Ruffini theorem is relevant here. Plotting sqrt(2) on the picture is impossible too. An n-th root is just shorthand for the root of the polynomial X^n - a. Introducing a shorthand doesn't change your ability to plot it on a picture.



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