Sophus Lie
1842 – 1899 · aged 57
Norwegian mathematician (1842–1899)
- Born
- 17 Dec 1842 · Nordfjordeid
- Died
- 18 Feb 1899 · Christiania
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- 17 Dec 1842BornBorn in Nordfjordeid
- 1895AwardForeign Member of the Royal Society
- 1897AwardLobachevsky Prize
- 18 Feb 1899DiedDied in Christiania
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- 1853 – 1856Crimean War
- 1857 – 1858Indian Rebellion of 1857
- 1870 – 1871Franco-Prussian War
- 18961896 Summer Olympics
- 1898Spanish–American War
Biography
Marius Sophus Lie ( LEE; Norwegian: [liː]; 17 December 1842 – 18 February 1899) was a Norwegian mathematician. He largely created the theory of continuous symmetry and applied it to the study of geometry and differential equations. He also made substantial contributions to the development of algebra.
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