MATLAB: How to interprete output of solve function

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Hello, I'm trying to solve with math tool box a non liner equation :
with the code 
syms x
solve ( x^2-(1+x)^2 + x^2*(1+x)^2 )
The output I can't understand is :
 root(z^4 + 2*z^3 + z^2 - 2*z - 1, z, 1)
 root(z^4 + 2*z^3 + z^2 - 2*z - 1, z, 2)
 root(z^4 + 2*z^3 + z^2 - 2*z - 1, z, 3)
 root(z^4 + 2*z^3 + z^2 - 2*z - 1, z, 4)
How shoul I interpret this ? I would like somthing more like a numeric root but maybe the problem is with the equation itself?

Best Answer

syms x
double(solve ( x^2-(1+x)^2 + x^2*(1+x)^2 , 'MaxDegree', 4))
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