Sophus Lie

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Norwegian mathematician human mathematician

Sophus Lie was a Norwegian mathematician renowned for founding the theory of continuous transformation groups, now known as Lie groups, which play a central role in modern geometry and theoretical physics.

Aliases (1)

Marius Sophus Lie ×1

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Norwegian mathematician → human → mathematician →
academicAdvisor	Carl Anton Bjerknes →
awardReceived	Légion d'honneur → Sylvester Medal →
birthCountry	Norway →
birthDate	1842-12-17 →
birthPlace	Nordfjordeid →
citizenship	Norway →
coAuthor	Friedrich Engel → Georg Scheffers →
deathCountry	Norway →
deathDate	1899-02-18 →
deathPlace	Oslo →
educatedAt	University of Christiania →
employer	Leipzig University → University of Christiania →
familyName	Lie →
fieldOfWork	differential equations → geometry → group theory → mathematics →
fullName	Marius Sophus Lie →
givenName	Marius → Sophus →
hasConceptNamedAfter	Lie algebra → Lie algebra representation → Lie bracket → Lie derivative → Lie group → Lie pseudogroup → Lie ring → Lie sphere geometry → Lie subgroup →
influenced	Felix Klein → modern differential geometry → representation theory → theoretical physics →
influencedBy	Niels Henrik Abel →
knownFor	Lie algebras → Lie groups → Lie theory → applications of symmetry to differential equations → theory of continuous transformation groups →
memberOf	Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters → Prussian Academy of Sciences → Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences →
name	Sophus Lie →
notableWork	Theorie der Transformationsgruppen →
occupation	university professor →
positionHeld	professor of mathematics at Leipzig University →
spouse	Anna Lie →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Sophus Lie ("Marius Sophus Lie") →	fullName
Julius Plücker →	hasInfluenced
University of Oslo →	hasNotableStaff
Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi →	influenced
Élie Cartan →	influencedBy
Sophus Lie →	name