The Evariste Galois Archive

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Evariste Galois Biography

Other Biographies

Paul Dupuy

Most extensive biography in German: "Evariste Galois oder das tragische Scheitern eines Genies" by Bernd Klein

Novel on Evariste Galois in German: "Galois Schweigen" by Bernd Klein

Not related to Evariste Galois:

The Art of Lying with Statistics

Lügen mit Statistik (in German)

Introduction to Programming: Python Course

Galois Theory

We are thankful to Prof. James Milne for allowing us to mirror his splendid course notes "Fields and Galois Theory". But you should check at his his website for newer versions. Our version is dated August 31, 2003. It's worth anyway to visit his site, if you are interested in mathematics, especially Algebra. pdf (for single sided printing);
pdf (for two sided printing).

Basic definitions and results.
Splitting fields; multiple roots.
The fundamental theorem of Galois theory.
Computing Galois groups.
Applications of Galois theory.
Algebraic closures
Infinite Galois theory
Transcendental Extensions.

Galois theory for beginners:

Jörg Bewersdorff: A historical perspective, AMS, ISBN: 0-8218-3817-2

Written by Bernard Bychan; Last Modified: September 15, 2017

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