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Definition of Galois
1. Noun. French mathematician who described the conditions for solving polynomial equations; was killed in a duel at the age of 21 (1811-1832).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Galois
Literary usage of Galois
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sophus Lie's 1884 Differential Invariant Paper by Sophus Lie, Robert Hermann (1976)
"Our main aim in this chapter--showing how the Galois group in the Picard-Vessiot
theory is related to Lie's Differential Invariants--has been accomplished. ..."
2. Theory and Applications of Finite Groups by George Abram Miller, Hans Frederick Blichfeldt, Leonard Eugene Dickson (1916)
"The theorem of Galois states that, by each of these adjunctions, ... We therefore
have Galois' criterion for the solvability of an equation. ..."
3. An Introduction to the Modern Theory of Equations by Florian Cajori (1904)
"The problem, to solve an algebraic equation, is replaced in the Galois theory by
another problem, to bring about a reduction of the Galois group and a ..."
4. Introduction to the Theory of Algebraic Equations by Leonard Eugene Dickson (1903)
"CHAPTER V. , • ALGEBRAIC INTRODUCTION TO Galois' THEORY. ... Lagrange's and
Galois' Theories. Heretofore we have been considering with Lagrange the general ..."
5. The Collected Mathematical Papers of Arthur Cayley by Arthur Cayley (1896)
"As part of the theory (but the investigation has a very high independent value
as regards the Theory of Numbers, to which it properly belongs), Galois ..."
6. The Theory of Equations: With an Introduction to the Theory of Binary by Arthur William Panton (1901)
"THE Galois RESOLVENT. 232. Galois Resolvent—Croup of an Equation. ... The Galois
function ^, • a,xl + a& + . . . + anxn has N distinct values l/,,, t/,,,. ..."