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When can an invertible function be inverted in closed form?
The Risch algorithm answers the question:
"When can a function be integrated in closed form?", see:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbolic_integration
Is anyone aware of any work that answers the ...
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Solvability in differential Galois theory
It is well known that the function $f(x) = e^{-x^2}$ has no elementary anti-derivative.
The proof I know goes as follows:
Let $F = \mathbb{C}(X)$. Let $F \subseteq E$ be the Picard-Vessiot extension ...