Tuesday, April 21, 2026

GALOIS THEORY WRITTEN UNDER PRESSURE OF DUEL

 The Story of Mathematics by Richard Mankiewicz

Romantic enthusiast

From 37,000 year old calendar stick made from notched bone to 20 year old Evarist Galois who spent the night before his death in a duel writing down the essentials of his theory (a key component in modern algebra), occasionally pausing to write in the margins “I have no time!”

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