Presenter(s)

    Valerie Hope Connor

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    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

    The Life and Work of Mathematician Évariste Galois

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