After returning from Copenhagen, Abel applied for a government scholarship in order to visit top mathematicians in Germany and France, but he was instead granted 200 speciedaler yearly for two years, to stay in Christiania and study German and French.
De volta a Copenhaguen, Abel solicitou unha bolsa gobernamental para visitar grandes matemáticos en Alemaña e Francia, pero no seu lugar déronlle 200 speciedaler anuais durante dous anos para quedar en Cristiania estudando alemán e francés.