as in impossible
incapable of being solved or accomplished
an apparently unsolvable problem
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Recent Examples of unsolvable
Tech companies are working on quantum computing technology, which promises to solve complex problems that are currently unsolvable with traditional computers.
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Jack Kelly, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
Most fundamentally, quantum computing promises to provide answers to problems previously thought unsolvable—puzzles that would take eons for the world’s best classical computers to crack.
—Charina Chou, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
Given a bunch of factors (long hours, low pay, huge aggravations, a host of problems that seem unsolvable), there is almost no interest in going after School Board positions.
—Alan J. Borsuk, Journal Sentinel, 27 Dec. 2024
Introduction Staff Writer February 3, 2025 algorithms combinatorics computability elliptic curves foundations of mathematics integers logic mathematics number theory All topics
The world of mathematics is full of unreachable corners, where unsolvable problems live.
—Joseph Howlett, Quanta Magazine, 3 Feb. 2025
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Jack Kelly, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
Most fundamentally, quantum computing promises to provide answers to problems previously thought unsolvable—puzzles that would take eons for the world’s best classical computers to crack.
—Charina Chou, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
Given a bunch of factors (long hours, low pay, huge aggravations, a host of problems that seem unsolvable), there is almost no interest in going after School Board positions.
—Alan J. Borsuk, Journal Sentinel, 27 Dec. 2024
Introduction Staff Writer February 3, 2025 algorithms combinatorics computability elliptic curves foundations of mathematics integers logic mathematics number theory All topics
The world of mathematics is full of unreachable corners, where unsolvable problems live.
—Joseph Howlett, Quanta Magazine, 3 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for unsolvable
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