Évariste Galois

Évariste Galois was a French mathematician and political activist. While still in his teens, he was able to determine a necessary and sufficient condition for a polynomial to be solvable by radicals, thereby solving a problem that had been open for 350 years.

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Who was born first?

• Évariste Galois and Urbain Le Verrier were born the same year
• Évariste Galois and Carlo Matteucci were born the same year
• Évariste Galois and Auguste Bravais were born the same year
• Évariste Galois and John William Draper were born the same year
• Évariste Galois and Otto Hesse were born the same year

Timeline

1. Auguste BravaisAugust 23, 1811 – March 30, 1863
2. Carlo MatteucciJune 20, 1811 – June 24, 1868
3. Évariste Galois (this page)October 25, 1811 – May 31, 1832
4. John William DraperMay 5, 1811 – January 4, 1882
5. Otto HesseApril 22, 1811 – August 4, 1874
6. Urbain Le VerrierMarch 11, 1811 – September 23, 1877

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• Johann Wolfgang von GoetheAugust 28, 1749 – March 22, 1832
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• Nicolaus CopernicusFebruary 19, 1473 – May 24, 1543
• Louis PasteurDecember 27, 1822 – September 28, 1895
• Gottfried Wilhelm LeibnizJune 21, 1646 – November 14, 1716