Niels Henrik Abel

Genius sees what others overlook.

The theta functions are the key to periodicity.

Life's brevity urges us to work harder.

Integration by substitution is but the beginning.

Berlin is the Mecca of mathematicians.

A joke: Why did the function fear the limit? It approached too closely.

Abel's summation formula bridges finite and infinite.

Happiness lies in the pursuit of truth.

The lemniscate constant is a jewel of analysis.

Teachers plant the seeds of genius.

Mathematics is the language of the universe.

Modular functions transform under groups.

Regret is for the idle; action defines us.

The hypergeometric series generalizes hyperbolas.

Prizes motivate, but passion drives.

Wit in math: Pi is irrational, but that's no reason to be.

Galois theory echoes my impossibility proof.

Family is the anchor in stormy seas.

The binomial expansion for negative exponents is infinite wisdom.

Europe's salons buzz with ideas.