Galois,+Evariste

__October 25, 1811 - May 31, 1832__
 * //__Evariste Galois__//**

Evariste Galois was born in Bourg-la-Reine, France on October 25, 1811. His fathers name was Nicolas Gabriel Galois; his mother was Adelaide Marie Demante. His father was the mayor of the small town and was a strong republican. His mother was intelligent and taught Galois until he was twelve years old. February 1927 Galois enrolled in his first math class. His teachers name was M. Vernier, he said that Galois was a very bright student and was naturally good at math. Galois’ teacher asked Evariste’s parents if they would let him study only math. Two years later he started going to school at École Normale in Paris France. His first year there was pleasant and he was said to be a model student. The following year Galois seemed to become bored with the work and started to rebel. On July 14 was arrested for wearing an officer’s uniform, which was illegal at the time, for carrying several pistols, a dagger, and a loaded rifle. Two positive events did come from having been in prison. He had a lot of time to think about his math theories and came up with many ideas during his stay. The second event was that he fell in love with the prison physician’s daughter. Her name was Stephanie-Felice du Motel. On May 30,1832, Galois was in a duel with a man named Perscheux d'Herbinville. The exact reason of the duel was unknown, but it was thought to be over Stephanie. Galois died on May 31 in the hospital from wounds from the duel. His funeral was held on July 2.

Evariste Galois was a famous mathematician and was well known for many things. The most noted would be his discovery of Galois Theory. Galois Theory is a method of determining when a general equation could be solved by radicals. On April 1829, Galois had his first math paper published. It was about continued fractions and was published in the //Annales de mathématiques,// a French mathematics paper. On May 25 and June 1, he submitted articles on the algebraic solution of equations to the Academie des Sciences. In February 1830, he wrote a paper on equations that are solvable using radicals. He sent it to Fourier, the secretary of the Paris Academy for him to look at and consider for the grand prize in mathematics. Unfortunately, Fourier dies in April 1930, and never had the time to look at Galois’ paper. When he was in the hospital, the day before he died, he wrote everything down that he knew about Galois Theory so his brother could publish them for him. His brother rewrote all his notes and sent them to Jacobi Gauss. It was Galois dying wish for Gauss to give him opinions on his work, there is no evidence that says he did. The papers did reach Liouville and he sent them to the Academy. The papers were published 1846, the Theory is now called Galois Theory.
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