The Heartbreaking Story of the Mozart of Math

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Niels Abel was only 26 when he died, but he changed mathematics forever. Try for FREE for 30 days, and get 20% off your annual premium subscription.

CORRECTION: @4:50 the equation should read: x⁵-x=0 instead of x⁵-5=0

I highly recommend the book: Niels Henrik Abel and his Times by author Arild Stubhaug: Newsthink on X

Chapters:
0:00 The Forgotten Genius
0:26 Abel’s Humble Beginnings
1:31 The Teacher Who Changed His Life
2:12 Refuge in Mathematics: Quintic Equation
2:52 Tragedy Strikes Again
3:17 Student Life in Poverty
4:08 A Mathematical Breakthrough
5:10 Rejection by Gauss
5:44 Crelle Believes in Him
6:23 The Paris Memoir
7:47 Alone and Ill in Paris
8:37 A Letter Too Late
9:41 Abel’s Legacy
10:21 Today’s Sponsor: Brilliant

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Sources:
Vintage office desk: Alberto Ghione from Torino, Italia, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
19th century classroom: © Jorge Royan /
Small room (boarding house): Rein Nomm, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Froland Ironworks images 1 & 2 by: Karl Ragnar Gjertsen, CC BY 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
CT scan of chest: Ptrump16, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Abel monument: Torgrim111, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons