Marius Sophus Lie was one of the first prominent Norwegian scientists and among the last of the great 19th-century mathematicians. His main contribution was his theory of groups. Lie groupsand Lie algebrasare fundamental tools in many parts of 20th...

Marius Sophus Lie was the youngest of many children of a Lutheran pastor. Lie's education was uneventful and though he studied mathematics and science at the University at Christiania (now Oslo) he graduated without having decided what career to...

1842-1899 Norwegian mathematician who developed the mathematical formalism known as Lie algebra and made significant contributions in the area of differential and partial differential equations. Lie was a long-time friend and scientific collaborator...

Marius Sophus Lie (pronounced [liː], as "Lee") (December 17, 1842 - February 18, 1899) was a Norwegian-born mathematician. He largely created the theory of continuous symmetry, and applied it to the study of geometry and differential equations. He...

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