FAQ About Niels Henrik Abel

Niels Henrik Abel's important works include "Mémoire sur les équations algébriques où on démontre l'impossibilité de la résolution de l'équation générale du cinquième degré” (Memoir on Algebraic Equations Demonstrating the Impossibility of Solving the General Equation of the Fifth Degree), where he outlined his proof of the unsolvability of the quintic equation. His papers on elliptic functions are also highly regarded.