Despite the difficult situation that has developed throughout the world, it is necessary to distract from problems and tune in to the positive. Today I invite you to admire the story of a genius Frenchman named Evariste Galois. If you have not heard about it, I think that this article will be very interesting to you.
What makes its story unique? He was the smartest man of his time, and despite the fact that his life ended at the age of 20, he managed to solve a problem that the greatest minds of the 19th century could not find a solution to, and also became the founder of modern higher algebra. But, unfortunately, he did not manage to enter the Polytechnic. But why?
Selfeducation
Evariste Galois was born in 1811 in a small French town, whose mayor was his father. From early childhood, it became clear: a child prodigy is growing up in the family. While studying at the prestigious college Louis-le-Grand, the boy delighted both teachers and relatives with his successes. They pinned great hopes on him, because the boy did the most difficult translations from Greek, for which he received many awards. However, over time, Evarist realized that his destiny was exact sciences.
Lyceum of Louis the Great (College Louis-le-Grand).
Mathematics became his passion and the young man decided to enter the Polytechnic School. However, neither the first nor the second time he did not manage to enter the university. He confused examiners who could not understand his way of solving problems. They seemed inconsistent to them and even caused laughter. The second time, the genius could not resist and threw a rag at one of the commission members, then slammed the door and left. He was incredibly angry that the examiners could not understand his logical steps in solving problems.
The young mathematician did not give up and began to study independently. A couple of years later, when he was only 18 years old, Evariste sent his scientific work to the Paris Academy to participate in the competition. However, for some unknown reason, he was excluded from the competition. Later it turned out that his work was simply lost.
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Then the genius, under the guidance of his teacher Richard Galois, sent 3 more works to the secretary of the academy. Incredibly, history repeated itself again: the secretary died suddenly, and Galois's works were never found.
In 4 years, he achieved excellent results and began to solve algebraic equations in radicals. At that time, scientists from all over the world had been struggling to solve this problem for more than 3 centuries. And so, a guy who studied mathematics for only 4 years found a solution to an impossible task.
A passion for mathematics took possession of him and he soon made the greatest discoveries that made him the founder of modern higher algebra.
Struggle for the reorganization of laws and recognition of the great mathematician only after death
Difficult times began: Paris was on the verge of revolution and a cholera epidemic was approaching its borders. Galois supported the Republicans and fought to overhaul French laws, for which he was expelled from the Preparatory School. He joined the National Guard, but it was soon disbanded and the only way to stay afloat was through private maths lessons.
French Revolution, 1830
Soon he was overtaken by another grief: Nicolas's father took his own life, unable to withstand the scandal around his name. And in the spring of 1832, newspapers reported on the death of 20-year-old Evariste Galois, who was known for his political speeches. All that is known about his death is that he died in a duel.
His mathematical discoveries were ignored for many years, and it was not until 1846 that mathematicians paid attention to his work. However, his ideas remained not fully understood, and therefore his works were again forgotten for a long period.
It was only at the end of the 1870s that the hypotheses of the Frenchman became an innovation in mathematics and are still used today. It is worth noting that no one else could prove some of the hypotheses put forward by him, except for him.