ProofWiki:Mathematicians/Niels Henrik Abel
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Norwegian mathematician who died tragically young.
Best known for proving the impossibility of solving the general quintic in radicals (Abel-Ruffini Theorem).
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Nationality
Norwegian
History
- Born: 5 Aug 1802, Frindöe (near Stavanger), Norway
- Died: 6 April 1829, Froland, Norway
Theorems and Definitions
Books and Papers
- 1824: Mémoire sur les équations algébriques ou on démontre l'impossibilité de la résolution de l'équation générale du cinquième degré (Memoir on algebraic equations, in which the impossibility of solving the general equation of the fifth degree is proven)
Also see
- John J. O'Connor and Edmund F. Robertson: "Niels Henrik Abel": MacTutor History of Mathematics archive
- Eric Temple Bell: Men of Mathematics (1937): Chapter $\text{XVII}$
- Allan Clark: Elements of Abstract Algebra (1971)... (previous)... (next): Introduction
- George F. Simmons: Calculus Gems (1992): Chapter $\text{A}.27$
