Évariste Galois
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Évariste Galois was a pioneering 19th-century French mathematician whose foundational work in group theory and the theory of equations gave rise to modern Galois theory.
Aliases (1)
- Évariste ×1
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
French mathematician
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human → mathematician → |
| ageAtDeath | 20 → |
| causeOfDeath |
duel
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gunshot wound → |
| countryOfCitizenship | France → |
| dateOfBirth | 1811-10-25 → |
| dateOfDeath | 1832-05-31 → |
| educatedAt | Lycée Louis-le-Grand → |
| ethnicGroup | French → |
| familyName | Galois → |
| fieldOfWork |
Galois theory
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algebra → group theory → mathematics → theory of equations → |
| givenName |
Évariste Galois
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surface form: "Évariste"
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| hasCanonicalName | Évariste Galois → |
| influenced |
Camille Jordan
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Emmy Noether → Henri Poincaré → modern abstract algebra → modern field theory → |
| influencedBy |
Augustin-Louis Cauchy
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Carl Friedrich Gauss → Joseph-Louis Lagrange → |
| knownFor |
founding Galois theory
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founding modern group theory → work on polynomial equations → |
| languageOfWorkOrName | French → |
| mannerOfDeath | death by firearm → |
| movement | French republicanism → |
| name | Évariste Galois → |
| nativeLanguage | French → |
| notableIdea |
Galois group of a polynomial
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conditions for solvability of equations by radicals → connection between field extensions and groups → |
| notableWork |
Galois theory
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criteria for solvability of polynomial equations by radicals → foundations of group theory → |
| occupation | mathematician → |
| placeOfBirth |
Bourg-la-Reine
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Kingdom of France → |
| placeOfDeath |
Kingdom of France
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Paris → |
| politicalAlignment | republican → |
| sexOrGender | male → |
| workLocation | Paris → |
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