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Niels Henrik Abel (1802-29)

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Niels Henrik Abel was born on August 5th 1802 in Finnøy in Norway, then a part of the Danish-Norwegian Twin Monarchy. He died on April 6th 1829 at the age of just 26, but had nevertheless contributed importantly to the mathematics of his time.

Abel was one of the first dedicated disciples of the great French mathematician A.-L. Cauchy in the discussion of rigour in the early 19th century. And he contributed in as diverse parts of our mathematics as the theory of equations, the theory of differential equations, the theory of series, and elliptic function theory.

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You can find out more about Niels Henrik Abel and aspects of his mathematics from the following web-links: Different organizations have taken up the heritage of N. H. Abel. You can visit the Abel centre at Gjerstad, the World mathematical year 2000 and Abel bicentennial 2002, or the homepage of the 2002 Abel Bicentennial Conference in Oslo.

The best biography of Abel is written by Arild Stubhaug and has been translated into English.

You can see some of the reviews of Stubhaug's biography below:

Other references on the history of mathematics

Mathematics in Norway

Henrik Kragh on the contents of Abel's mathematics