Evariste Galois (1811-1832)

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December, Galois Theory, Niels Henrik Abel, Polytechnique, degree, four, fractional linear transforms, french mathematician, group theory, groups, mathematics, number theory, numerical resolution of equations, projective special linear group, three, two

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4. Evariste Galois was a

11. how many contributions to mathematics did he have

13. He constructed the

16. Galois constructed the projective special linear group as

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1. His second paper was about

2. He passed, receiving his degree in

3. in studying the Galois group of the general equation of

5. How many papers did he publish

6. Having been denied admission to the

7. He laid the foundation for the

8. his third paper was important in

9. Within the 60 or so pages of Galois' collected works are many important ideas that have had far-reaching consequences for nearly all branches of

10. While many mathematicians before Galois gave consideration to what are now known as

12. His work has been compared to that of

14. among the founders of the branch of algebra known as

15. how many foundations did he lay

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