Sophus Lie | |
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 Lie in 1896 | |
| Born | Marius Sophus Lie 17 December 1842 Nordfjordeid, Norway |
| Died | 18 February 1899 (aged 56) Kristiania, Norway |
| Nationality | Norwegian |
| Alma mater | University of Christiania |
| Known for | One-parameter group Differential invariant Contact transformation Infinitesimal transformation W-curve Carathéodory–Jacobi–Lie theorem Lie algebra Lie bracket Lie group Lie product formula Lie sphere geometry Lie theory Lie transform Lie's theorem Lie's third theorem Lie–Kolchin theorem See full list |
| Awards | Lobachevsky Medal (1897) ForMemRS (1895) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | University of Christiania University of Leipzig |
| Doctoral advisor | Carl Anton Bjerknes Cato Maximilian Guldberg |
| Doctoral students | Hans Blichfeldt Lucjan Emil Böttcher Gerhard Kowalewski Kazimierz Żorawski Élie Cartan Elling Holst Edgar Odell Lovett |
Marius Sophus Lie (/liː/ 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.