%0 Journal Article %T The Fundamental Theorem of Algebra: From The Four Basic Operations %A Oswaldo Rio Branco de Oliveira %J Mathematics %D 2011 %I arXiv %R 10.4169/amer.math.monthly.119.09.753 %X This paper presents an elementary and direct proof of the Fundamental Theorem of Algebra, via Bolzano-Weierstrass Theorem on Minima, that avoids: every root extraction, angle, non-algebraic functions, differentiation, integration, series and arguments by induction. %U http://arxiv.org/abs/1110.0165v1