René Granmont
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3 articles published in Tangente
History and CultureN°82May 19, 2022A mathematician and activist
Évariste Galois threw himself wholeheartedly into the political struggles of his time. His activism, republican convictions and bold acts would cost him more than ten months of his short life in prison.
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History and CultureN°82May 18, 2022"I have no time"
Évariste Galois's name remains the symbol of precocious mathematical genius—misunderstood and tormented. Is he not sometimes called "the accursed mathematician" or "the Rimbaud of mathematics"? Retracing his all-too-short life allows us to place the young man in the context of his time.
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History and CultureN°82May 18, 2022The Restoration era
Évariste Galois's family was deeply committed to the gains of the Revolution. During the deeply reactionary Restoration, those values would bring tragedy upon the Galois family and leave Évariste with a lifelong scar.
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