'''Évariste Galois''' (1811–1832) was a [[mathematical]] [[prodigy]] born in [[France]] who founded a branch of abstract [[algebra]] named after him, ''Galois theory''. He was also the first to assign the word "group" to represent a group of mathematical [[permutation]]s. His mother schooled him at home until he was 12 years of age.<ref>http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Biographies/Galois.html </ref> | '''Évariste Galois''' (1811–1832) was a [[mathematical]] [[prodigy]] born in [[France]] who founded a branch of abstract [[algebra]] named after him, ''Galois theory''. He was also the first to assign the word "group" to represent a group of mathematical [[permutation]]s. His mother schooled him at home until he was 12 years of age.<ref>http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Biographies/Galois.html </ref> |