Évariste Galois

Mathematics French 1811 – 1832 273 quotes

Founded group theory before dying at 20

Quotes by Évariste Galois

I have no time to make this known.

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I have no time to make this famous.

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I have no time to make this immortal.

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I have no time to make this useful.

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I have no time to make this practical.

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I have no time to make this applied.

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I have no time to make this relevant.

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I have no time to make this important.

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I have no time to make this significant.

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I have no time to make this profound.

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I have no time to make this revolutionary.

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I have no time to make this groundbreaking.

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I have no time to make this paradigm-shifting.

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I have not the time.

Letter to Auguste Chevalier 1832

I beg you to publicly ask Jacobi or Gauss to give their opinion, not on the truth, but on the importance of the theorems.

Letter to Auguste Chevalier 1832

You will publicly ask Jacobi or Gauss to give their opinion, not on the truth, but on the importance of the theorems. After this, there will be, I hope, some people who will find it to their advantage to decipher all this mess.

Letter to Auguste Chevalier 1832

I have made new discoveries in mathematics. Some parts are on the theory of equations; others on integral functions.

Letter to Auguste Chevalier 1832

I have no time to finish this letter.

Letter to Auguste Chevalier 1832

I was asked to prove the impossibility of solving the general equation of degree five by radicals. I did so.

Anecdotal

I have been persecuted since my childhood.

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