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Évariste Galois (1811–1832) was 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 permutations. | Évariste Galois (1811–1832) was 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 permutations. | ||
| − | He tragically died in a duel when only 20 years old. | + | He tragically died in a duel when he was only 20 years old. |
[[category:mathematics]] | [[category:mathematics]] | ||
Revision as of 11:41, July 1, 2007
Évariste Galois (1811–1832) was 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 permutations.
He tragically died in a duel when he was only 20 years old.