Évariste Galois
1811 – 1832 · aged 21
French mathematician (1811-1832)
- Born
- 25 Oct 1811 · Bourg-la-Reine
- Died
- 31 May 1832 · Paris
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- 25 Oct 1811BornBorn in Bourg-la-Reine
- 1827AwardConcours général
- 31 May 1832DiedDied in Paris
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- 1812 – 1815War of 1812
- 1814 – 1815Congress of Vienna
Biography
Évariste Galois (French: [evaʁist ɡalwa]; 25 October 1811 – 31 May 1832) was a French mathematician and political activist. 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 that had been open for 350 years. His work laid the foundations for Galois theory and group theory, two major branches of abstract algebra.
Galois was a staunch Republican and was heavily involved in the political turmoil that surrounded the French Revolution of 1830. As a result of his political activism, he was arrested repeatedly, serving one jail sentence of several months. For reasons that remain obscure, shortly after his release from prison, Galois fought in a duel and died of the wounds he suffered.
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