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).

Exact synonyms: Evariste Galois
Generic synonyms: Mathematician

Lexicographical Neighbors of Galois

Gallo-
Gallo-Italian
Gallo-Roman
Gallo-Romans
Gallomania
Gallophilia
Gallophilias
Gallophone
Galloway
Gallup
Gallup poll
Gallup polls
Gallus
Gallus gallus
Galo
Galois (current term)
Galois theory
Galsworthy
Galton
Galton's delta
Galton's law
Galtonia candicans
Galtonian-Fisher genetics
Galvani
Galveston
Galveston Bay
Galveston Island
Galway
Galway Bay

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/,,,. ..."

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