Events Tagged: "group theory"

Evariste Galois develops group theory to determine which polynomial equations have formula solutions

Evariste Galois develops group theory before dying in duel at age 20

Felix Klein publishes Erlangen Program defining geometry through group theory

Issai Schur develops Schur's lemma - fundamental tool in representation theory

Hermann Weyl develops systematic group representation theory - Creates mathematical framework for quantum mechanics symmetries

Robert Griess constructs Monster group - largest sporadic simple group with 808,017,424,794,512,875,886,459,904,961,710,757,005,754,368,000,000,000 elements