Niels Henrik Abel
Niels Henrik Abel (5 August 1802 – 6 April 1829) was a Norwegian mathematician. He died in 1829.[1]
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.
Niels Henrik Abel Media
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
Porträtzeichnung der Christine Keilhau, geborene Kemp (1804-1862)
Memorial plaque unveiled in 2014 in Berlin where Abel lived 1825-26
Statue of Niels Henrik Abel, called the "Abelmonumentet", in Oslo (former Christiania) by Gustav Vigeland.
Abelmonumentet in front of the Royal Palace, Oslo
Niels Henrik Abel memorial in Gjerstad
A monument for Abel at Frolands verk by Gustav Lærum
Stamps of Norway, 1929: Niels Henrik Abel
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Related pages
References
- ↑ "The Biography of Niels Henrik Abel: His last years". Archived from the original on 2018-04-09. Retrieved 2017-09-15.