Marius Sophus Lie was a Norwegian mathematician who lived from 1842 to 1899 and largely created the theory of continuous symmetry, applying it to geometry and differential equations. His central discovery was that continuous transformation groups, now called Lie groups, could be studied through their infinitesimal generators, which follow the algebraic structure now called a Lie algebra. This approach became foundational to modern mathematics and later influenced the development of quantum mechanics, and Lie also advised numerous students who became prominent mathematicians in their own right.
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Notable WorkTheorie der Transformationsgruppen (1888-1893) 2 Field
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1. Sophus Lie (Wikidata)
P570 (date of death): full date
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P27 (country of citizenship): Norway
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P20 (place of death): Christiania, Norway
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View the Source2. Wikipedia: Sophus Lie
Life and career, paragraph 1 (birth date)
Marius Sophus Lie was born on 17 December 1842 in the small town of Nordfjordeid.
Life and career, paragraph 1 (birth year)
Marius Sophus Lie was born on 17 December 1842 in the small town of Nordfjordeid.
Life and career, paragraph 1 (birthplace)
Marius Sophus Lie was born on 17 December 1842 in the small town of Nordfjordeid.
Life and career, final paragraph (death year)
He died in 1899 at the age of 56, due to pernicious anemia
Life and career, paragraph 8 (notable work)
Engel would help Lie to write his most important treatise, Theorie der Transformationsgruppen
Works In: Mathematics, Lead sentence
Marius Sophus Lie ( ; ; 17 December 1842-18 February 1899) was a Norwegian mathematician.
Member Of: London Mathematical Society, Article text
He was made Honorary Member of the London Mathematical Society in 1878, Corresponding Member of the Fr
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