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.

Welcome to the life of Evariste Galois, the French Mathematician who tragically lost his life before his genius had been appreciated. This project serves to study the effect of a mathematical take on narrative.

The purpose of this html project is to explore different paths of narrative of the same story. The narratives were originally written in 7 distinct styles, ranging from the most abstract to the the most literal interpretations of the story. This may not serve as adequate explanation; if you would like to know more about the inspiration and theory of the project, please check out my written explanation. If that still isn't sufficient, feel free to e-mail me. Just be sure to include something about Galois in the subject so I know it is not spam.

I have also compiled a list of references that I used to unform myself about the life of Galois.

If there are no further protests, please feel free to dive in!