The Life and Work of Mathematician Évariste Galois

Authors

Presenter(s)

Valerie Hope Connor

Comments

Presentation: 10:45 a.m.-12:00 p.m., Kennedy Union Ballroom

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Description

Évariste Galois was a young French mathematician from the nineteenth century. While Abel had already proven the insolubility of the quintic, Galois set out to answer the more delicate question of whether it is possible to solve a given polynomial equation of degree five or higher by radicals. By studying the masters, Galois was able to approach this problem with unprecedented ingenuity. We, too, can learn from Galois by studying how he thought about and approached this problem.

Publication Date

4-20-2022

Project Designation

Capstone Project

Primary Advisor

George E. Todd

Primary Advisor's Department

Mathematics

Keywords

Stander Symposium project, College of Arts and Sciences

Recommended Citation

"The Life and Work of Mathematician Évariste Galois" (2022). Stander Symposium Projects. 2533.
https://ecommons.udayton.edu/stander_posters/2533