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French mathematician (1811-1832)

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Évariste Galois (October 25, 1811 – May 31, 1832) was a French mathematician, who, while still in his teens, developed the well-known Galois theory. Galois theory is capable to determine whether a polynomial with rational coefficient can be solved by radicals and give a clear insight about what kind of length ratio can be constructed by compass and straightedge, thereby solving the long-standing problems of solving a polynomial by radicals. His life is considered to be one of the most romantic in all of mathematics because of the contributions he has made in such a short span of life.

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Il parait après cela qu'il n'y a aucun fruit à tirer de la solution que nous proposons. [It seems there is no fruit to be drawn from the solution we offer.]

Mais je n’ai pas le temps et mes idées ne sont pas encore bien développées sur ce terrain qui est immense. [But I don't have the time and my ideas are not yet well developed on this immense terrain.]

Nous avons transcrit textuellement la démonstration que nous avons donnée de ce lemme dans un mémoire présenté en 1830. Nous y joignons 154 IV The First Memoir comme document historique le note suivante qu’a cru ^devoir^ y apposer M. Poisson. On jugera. Note de l’auteur [We have faithfully transcribed the proof of this lemma that we have given in a memoir presented in 1830. We append as a historical document the following note which Mr Poisson believed he should add. Posterity will judge. Note by the author]

[This] science is the work of the human mind, which is destined rather to study than to know, to seek the truth rather than to find it.

Don't cry, Alfred! I need all my courage to die at twenty.

Ne pleure pas, Alfred ! J'ai besoin de tout mon courage pour mourir à vingt ans !

... an author never does more damage to his readers than when he hides a difficulty.

... un auteur ne nuit jamais tant à ses lecteurs que quand il dissimule une difficulté.