Fundamental theorem of algebra

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The fundamental theorem of algebra holds that every algebraic equation with coefficients in the complex numbers is solvable in the complex numbers, and has as many roots as its degree, or highest power of the unknown in any term, when the roots are counted with their multiplicity.

The set of complex numbers is said to be algebraically closed because it contains the roots of all its algebraic equations.