“In his wretched life of less than twenty-seven years Abel accomplished so much of the highest order that one of the leading mathematicians of the Nineteenth Century (Hermite, 1822-1901) could say without exaggeration, 'Abel has left mathematicians enough to keep them busy for five hundred years.' Asked how he had done all this in the six or seven years of his working life, Abel replied, 'By studying the masters, not the pupils.” LifeScienceMasterAbelHermiteNiels Henrik AbelCharles Hermite Book:Mathematics: Queen and Servant of Science Source: Mathematics: Queen and Servant of Science
“In all that galaxy of talent there was no brighter star than Niels Henrik Abel, the man of whom Hermite said, “He has left mathematicians something to keep them busy for five hundred years.” AbelMathematics And LifeHermite Author:Eric Temple Bell