Évariste Galois (1811 - 1832)

Born 25 Oct 1811 in Bourg-la-Reine, Seine, France

Died 31 May 1832 at age 20 in Paris, Seine, France

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Biography

Évariste Galois is Notable.

Évariste Galois was a French mathematician born in Bourg-la-Reine. While still in his teens, he was able to determine a necessary and sufficient condition for a polynomial to be solvable by radicals, thereby solving a problem standing for 350 years. His work laid the foundations for Galois theory and group theory, two major branches of abstract algebra, and the subfield of Galois connections. He died at age 20 from wounds suffered in a duel.

Sources

• Archives de Paris; Paris, France; État-Civil 1792-1902
• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVVN-GBG7 : 13 December 2015), Évariste Galois, 1832; Burial, Paris, City of Paris, Île-de-France, France, Cimetière de Montparnasse; citing record ID 21891835, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
• Wikipedia contributors, "Évariste Galois," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=%C3%89variste_Galois&oldid=792885675 (accessed August 1, 2017).

See Also

• The Britannica Guide to The 100 Most Influential Scientists (2007), pp. 185-188
• Wikipedia: Évariste_Galois
• Wikidata: Item Q7091, en:Wikipedia