Abel, NIELS HENRIK, one of the ablest and acutest mathematicians of modern times, was born at Findö, Christiansand, 5th August 1802. He became a lecturer at the university of Christiania, and the school of engineering there. His works deal mainly with the theory of elliptical functions, which his discoveries greatly enriched. He died 6th April 1829. See Life by Bjerknes (Fr. trans. 1885).
Abel, NIELS HENRIK
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