It had been Abel's intention to travel with Crelle to Paris and to visit Gauss in Göttingen on the way. However, news got back to Abel that Gauss was not pleased to receive his work on the insolubility of the quintic, so Abel decided that he would be better not to go to Göttingen.
Ito had been Abel ang balak na paglalakbay sa Crelle sa Paris at upang bisitahin ang gauss sa Gottingen sa ang paraan. Gayunman, balita got back sa Abel na gauss ay hindi nalulugod na makatanggap ng kanyang trabaho sa kawalan ng kayang matutunaw ng quintic, kaya Abel nagpasya na siya ay magiging mas mahusay na hindi na pumunta sa Gottingen.