encouraged Galois to "publish the whole of his work in order to form a definitive opinion." While Poisson's report was made before Galois' 14 July arrest, it took until October to reach Galois in prison. It is unsurprising, in the light of his character and situation at the time, that Galois vehemently decided against publishing his papers through the academy and instead publish them privately through his friend Auguste Chevalier. Yet Galois did not ignore Poisson's advice. He began collecting all his mathematical manuscripts while still in prison, and continued polishing his ideas until his release on 29 April 1832, after which he was somehow persuaded to participate in what proved to be a fatal duel. See also List of things named after Siméon Denis Poisson Hamilton−Jacobi equation References External links 1781 births 1840 deaths People from Pithiviers 19th-century French mathematicians École Polytechnique alumni Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Fellows of the Royal Society French agnostics Mathematical analysts Fluid dynamicists Members of the French Academy of Sciences Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Members of the Chamber of Peers of the July Monarchy Probability theorists Recipients of the Copley Medal Burials at Père Lachaise Cemetery Recipients of the Lalande Prize People associated with electricity