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Writings by members of the LYM on Gauss's paper

Gauss's 1799 paper (original Latin)

Lagrange's 1772 paper (cited by Gauss)

Bougainville translated on complex numbers

Bouginville's textbook (French) (cited by Gauss, see p.47)

Solving fourth and trying the fifth degree. And you thought the quadratic equation was confusing!