What is Évariste Galois?
[[File:Evariste Galois.jpg|thumb|Galois, aged about 16.]] '''Évariste Galois''' (25 October 1811 &ndash; 31 May 1832) was a [[French people|French]] [[mathematician]]. He died from a [[gunshot wound]] he received in a [[duel]].<ref>Stewart, J., et al. ''Algebra and Trigonometry''. p. 334.</ref> Today, he is known for his [[theory]] about [[algebraic equation]]s which is known as [[Galois theory]]. ==References== {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Galois, Evariste}} [[Category:1811 births]] [[Category:1832 deaths]] [[Category:French mathematicians]] [[Category:Algebraists]] [[Category:Duels]] {{biography-stub}} {{authority control}}