Niels Henrik Abel

Niels Henrik Abel was a Norwegian mathematician who made pioneering contributions in a variety of fields. His most famous single result is the first complete proof demonstrating the impossibility of solving the general quintic equation in radicals.

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Who was born first?

• Niels Henrik Abel and Germain Henri Hess were born the same year
• Niels Henrik Abel and János Bolyai were born the same year
• Niels Henrik Abel and Antoine-Jérôme Balard were born the same year
• Niels Henrik Abel and Heinrich Gustav Magnus were born the same year
• Niels Henrik Abel and Hermann Goldschmidt were born the same year

Timeline

1. Antoine-Jérôme BalardSeptember 30, 1802 – March 30, 1876
2. Germain Henri HessJuly 26, 1802 – November 30, 1850
3. Heinrich Gustav MagnusMay 2, 1802 – April 4, 1870
4. Hermann GoldschmidtJune 17, 1802 – August 30, 1866
5. János BolyaiDecember 15, 1802 – January 27, 1860
6. Niels Henrik Abel (this page)August 5, 1802 – April 6, 1829

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