EL 118 Final Project: The Tragic History of Evariste Galois

A study of the fabled life of a brilliant mathematician using discrete models of mathematical logic

Dylan Cashman

DISCLAIMER: The author of this work did not intend for this to be a factual biography. It is in no way to be used as factual evidence in the study of Galois' life. It also is not a formal treatise, in any way, of modern mathematics. It is simply an exploratory project.The author of this work did not intend for this to be a factual biography. It is in no way to be used as factual evidence in the study of Galois' life. It also is not a formal treatise, in any way, of modern mathematics. It is simply an exploratory project.
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The biography is divided up into seven different versions of the same story. They range from the most abstract, Biography 7, to the most literal, Biography 1.

Biography 1

Evariste was born. He was an intelligent child.

He left for school at a young age and did well in his studies. He found that he enjoyed math.

He tried to go to a school for math but could not be accepted.

His father killed himself.

Evariste joined a new school to become an instructor, but instead he becomes political and leaves the school.

Evariste is sent to jail.

He falls for a woman. She does not fall for him.

Evariste dies from a gun shot wound.