Niels Henrik Abel

Niels Henrik Abel (5 August 1802 – 6 April 1829) was a Norwegian mathematician. He died in 1829.

He did the first complete proof demonstrating the impossibility of solving the general quintic equation in radicals.

Legacy
The Abel Prize (Abel-prisen) is named after him.

Related pages
List of scientists from Europe

References

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