% solution to ax^3 + bx^2 + cx + d = 0 % https://math.vanderbilt.edu/schectex/courses/cubic/ \begin{align*} % first term x &= \sqrt[3]{ % first term, first subterm \left ( \frac{-b^3}{27a^3} + \frac{bc}{6a^2} - \frac{d}{2a} \right ) + \sqrt{ % first term, second subterm \left ( \frac{-b^3}{27a^3} + \frac{bc}{6a^2} - \frac{d}{2a} \right )^2 + % first term, third subterm \left ( \frac{c}{3a} - \frac{b^2}{9a^2} \right )^3 } } \\ &+ % second term \sqrt[3]{ % first term, second subterm \left ( \frac{-b^3}{27a^3} + \frac{bc}{6a^2} - \frac{d}{2a} \right ) - \sqrt{ % second term, second subterm \left ( \frac{-b^3}{27a^3} + \frac{bc}{6a^2} - \frac{d}{2a} \right )^2 + % second term, third subterm \left ( \frac{c}{3a} - \frac{b^2}{9a^2} \right )^3 } } \\ &- % third part \frac{b}{3a} \end{align*}