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And even Abel and Galois completed their most important work near the end of their lives.

• sverhagen 4y ago
  I had to read up on these folks to understand that one of them was shot dead at 20, and the other attracted tuberculosis and died at 26.
  • cperciva 4y ago
    Pretty sure you mean "contracted" TB, but the typo did provide a humourous mental image.
    • sverhagen 4y ago
      I probably did. ESL, in over my head.
      • mLuby 4y ago
        Your first clause is complex and correct so you're doing just fine. :)
  • rob74 4y ago
    ...so even at the end of their lives they would have still easily qualified for the Fields Medal. Maybe they should receive a posthumous honorary one. Or maybe they already did?
    • raverbashing 4y ago
      Yes I think Galois deserves a Fields in his name
      • uKVZe85V 4y ago
        Well, not the same, but Galois did get fields in his name, actually https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galois_field https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galois_field . Is that what you intended?
        • raverbashing 4y ago
          Yes, that's the joke ;)