From: MDoerfner@aol.com (M. Doerfner)
Subject: Re: Help: insolubility of 5th polynomial
Date: 14 Apr 1999 19:34:14 -0400
Newsgroups: sci.math
Keywords: Biographical pointers about E. Galois

On Fri, 09 Apr 1999 01:27:46 GMT samagi@my-dejanews.com
wrote:
>Hi..
>I'm reading a book about abstract algebra to understand
>why there's no form of solution of 5th( ) polynomial.
>But I'd like to read the proof by abel and galois, or
>easier ones by other mathematicians.
>Where can I find any of them (in english, text, teX on
>the net)?
>If you know the url, please let me know.
>
>Then.. thanks in advance.
>
>ps. I want to see how they express the ideas of group,
>field... things like that, when there's little jargons
>about them. And think it may be helpful to understand
>such ideas.

On Fri, 09 Apr 1999 18:30:10 -0500 James Buddenhagen
<jbuddenh@texas.net> wrote:

>If you find such in English on the net please let me know.
>In the mean time you may find Abel's proof in:
>
>Abel, N. H. "Beweis der Unmöglichkeit, algebraische Gleichungen
>von höheren Graden als dem vierten allgemein aufzulösen." 
>J. reine angew. Math. 1, 65-84, 1826. 

Evariste Galois' work on the theory of equations soluble by
radicals was (among other manuscripts) posthumously published
by the French mathematician Joseph Liouville (1809-1882) in 1846.

You can find an extensive bibliography of Evariste Galois'
studies and about Evariste Galois by other mathematicians
in the book

L. T. Rigatelli, 'Evariste Galois (1811-1832)', Birkhauser
Vita Mathematica, Volume II (Boston), 1996

Hope this helps, M. Doerfner