Talk:Mathematics/Notable mathematicians

Notable mathematicians

 * Put one notable mathematician in each section.
 * The section name is the name of the mathematician.
 * A mathematician is notable if he or she should be described in the article.
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Description
Évariste Galois

Notability

 * died in a duel at the age of twenty
 * proved that 5th and higher degree equations are not solvable by radicals
 * founder of group theory