Translated by me as:
"Demonstration of the impossibility of the algebraic solution for general equations greater than the fourth degree."
Commentary:
So begins Abel's 1826 paper published in Paris on the impossibility of solving the general quintic equation in an algebraic form. I haven't been able to find a translation for this important work so I'm going to be providing it in this blog along with commentary on Abel's proof. I found the pdf for this French paper at:
http://www.abelprisen.no/verker/oeuvres_1839/oeuvres_completes_de_abel_1_kap02_opt.pdf
My objective here is to follow Abel's advise to "learn from the masters, not from their students"
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