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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. This question was one of the outstanding open problems of his day, and had been unresolved for over 250 years. He was also an innovator in the field of…
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science · Norwegian mathematician (1802–1829) · mathematician · university teacher · also Niels Henrik Abel, Niels Abel, Abel, Niels Henrik, N. H. Abel, Abel, Henry Abel
Born 5 August 1802 · Died 6 April 1829 · Q124115
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1899· 1 entry
To complement the Nobel Prizes, it was first awarded in 2003, while Selberg received an honorary Abel Prize the previous year
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1839· 1 entry
By the Norwegian government, and a more complete edition by Ludwig Sylow and Sophus Lie was published in 1881
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1830· 1 entry
Awarded Grand prix des sciences mathématiques (1830).
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1829· 1 entry
Died 1829-04-06.
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1825· 1 entry
Abel wrote a personal letter to King Carl Johan of Norway/Sweden requesting permission to travel abroad
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1824· 2 entries
Mémoire sur les équations algébriques où on démontre l'impossibilité de la résolution de l'équation générale du cinquième degré (Memoir on algebraic equations, in which the impossibility of solving the general equation o
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Christine moved to Son, Norway, to work as a governess and the couple got engaged over Christmas
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1823· 4 entries
“a general representation of the possibility to integrate all differential formulas”
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That a solution by formula to a fifth- or higher-degree equation was not necessarily possible
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Abel also wrote a paper in French
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Abel wrote a paper titled "a general representation of the possibility to integrate all differential formulas" (Norwegian: en alminnelig Fremstilling af Muligheten at integrere alle mulige Differential-Formler)
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1822· 1 entry
Studied at University of Oslo (1821–1822).
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1821· 3 entries
Studied at Oslo Cathedral School (1815–1821).
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Was already the most knowledgeable mathematician in Norway
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Abel thought he had found the solution
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1818· 1 entry
Søren Abel had a public theological argument with the theologian Stener Johannes Stenersen regarding his catechism from 1806
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1815· 1 entry
Niels Abel entered the Cathedral School at the age of 13
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1814· 1 entry
Søren Abel was elected as a representative to the Storting
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1804· 1 entry
Søren was appointed pastor at Gjerstad and the family moved there
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1802· 1 entry
Born 1802-08-05.
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