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Niels Henrik Abel
Niels Henrik Abel was born on 5 August 1802, the second child of the vicar, Søren Georg Abel, and Anne Marie Abel, whose maiden name was Simonsen. At that time, they lived at Finnøy vicarage in Rogaland County, but there is much evidence that Niels Henrik was born in the neighbouring parish of Nedstrand. |
Portrait of Niels Henrik AbelThe only painting of Niels Henrik Abel made during his lifetime. The painting is by Johan Gørbitz and was made in 1826. The Biography of Niels Henrik AbelWho was Niels H. Abel - Biography by Arild Stubhaug
Upbringing and schooling
A student without any opportunities for further study
The great journey abroad
His last years
The legacy of Abel
Scientific BiographyThe Work of Niels Henrik Abel by Christian Houzel The Works by Niels Henrik AbelSome of the works by or about Niels Henrik Abel are available as pdf's. The material is compiled by Helge Holden.
The works were digitalized by The National Library of Norway. All links to works are pre defined searches in their databases. Handwritten manuscripts by AbelAlmost all the mathematics that Abel managed to write in his brief life was published in Berlin, in Journal für die reine und angewandte Mathematik. The fate of all Abel's original manuscripts after they had been printed appears random; at any rate they were never returned to their author. In 2007 the handwritten manuscripts were acquired from Institut Mittag-Leffler and Kungliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademien in Sweden by the Norwegian company Scatec by its owner Alf Bjørseth, who donated the manuscripts to Det Norske Videnskaps-Akademiet. Biographical literatureA list of links that are either external links to the publishers' pages, downloadable documents or links to our own page concerning Abel's work. The material is compiled by Helge Holden. Literature on Abel and his mathematicsA list of links that are either external links to the publishers' pages, downloadable documents or links to our own page concerning Abel's work. The material is compiled by Helge Holden MemorabiliaFew mathematicians have adorned their countries' stamps, notes and coins as often as Niels Henrik Abel. There are also four memorials constructed in his honour in Norway. |
"Abel is one of those rare beings that nature produces barely once a century" A.L. Crelle, 1829 |
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