Ãvariste Galois
1811–1832
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- mathematician
Ãvariste Galois (; French: [evaÊist É¡alwa]; 25 October 1811 â 31 May 1832) was a French mathematician and political activist.
Incarceration history
Facilities
- Sainte-Pélagie PrisonDates unknown
Biography
Ãvariste Galois (; French: [evaÊist É¡alwa]; 25 October 1811 â 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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