Évariste Galois

Évariste Galois (25 October 1811 – 31 May 1832) was a French mathematician. He died from a gunshot wound he received in a duel.Stewart, J., et al.  Algebra and Trigonometry.  p. 334. Today, he is known for his theory about algebraic equations which is known as Galois theory. 

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