Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1824
Abstract
Seminal paper by Abel that proves the impossibility of general solution of polynomial equations of the fifth degree by algebraic means.
Publication Information
Abel, Niels Henrik. Démonstration de l'impossibité de la résolution algébrique des équations générales qui passent le quatrième degré (A proof of the impossibility of the algebraic solution of general equations that exceed the fourth degree). Oeuvres complètes de Niels Henrik Abel (Christiana, 1839), pp. 5--24. Translation by Richard J. Pulskamp.
Recommended Citation
Abel, Niels Henrik, "A Proof of the Impossibility of the Algebraic Solution of General Equations that Exceed the Fourth Degree" (1824). 2026, January 30--31 ORESME Reading Group Meeting. 1.
https://www.exhibit.xavier.edu/oresme_2026jan/1
