History of group theory
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The history of group theory, a mathematical domain studying groups in their various forms, has evolved in various parallel threads. There are three historical roots of group theory: the theory of alge
Galois age fifteen, drawn by a classmate.
Felix Klein
Sophus Lie
Ernst Kummer
Niels Henrik Abel
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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 s
History of group theory
…There are three historical roots of group theory: the theory of algebraic equations, number theory and geometry. Joseph Louis Lagrange, Paolo Ruffini, Niels Henrik Abel and Évariste Galois were early researchers in the field of group theory. The earliest study of groups as such probably goes back to the work of Lagrange…
Niels Henrik Abel
Postcard of Gjerstad church and rectory in 1890–95. The main building of the rectory was the same as when Abel lived here.
From the notebook of Niels Henrik Abel
Christine Kemp