History of Evariste Galois

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He was the first to use the word "group" as a technical term in mathematics to represent a group of permutations. His work on equation theory was submitted to the Academy and was reviewed by Poisson, who did not understand it. It was resubmitted again in shorter form. The truth and importance of the work was not confirmed during his lifetime.

He was the first to use the word "group" as a technical term in mathematics to represent a group of permutations. His work on equation theory was submitted to the Academy and was reviewed by Poisson, who did not understand it. It was resubmitted again in shorter form. The truth and importance of the work was not confirmed during his lifetime. His work laid the foundation for [Galois theory]?, a major branch of abstract algebra.