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Sophus Lie (1842–1899) was a Norwegian mathematician and university teacher whose work focused on group theory, geometry, and symmetry. Born in Nordfjordeid, he received his Doctor of Philosophy degree after studying at the University of Oslo and Hartvig Nissen School. His doctoral advisors were Carl Anton Bjerknes and Cato Maximilian Guldberg. Lie held positions at Leipzig University and the University of Oslo, and he worked in Leipzig, Paris, and Christiania.
He was a member of the Royal Society, the Saxon Academy of Sciences and Humanities, the National Academy of Sciences, and the Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences. Lie received the Lobachevsky Prize for his contributions. Among his doctoral students were Élie Cartan, Gerhard Kowalewski, Kazimierz Żorawski, and Hans Frederick Blichfeldt. His notable works include *Bestimmung aller Raumcurven*, *Zur theorie der berührungstransformationen*, *Untersuchungen über differentialgleichungen*, and *Theorie der Transformationsgruppen*. He died in Christiania and was buried at Vår Frelsers gravlund.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1842
- Died
- 1899
- Works
- 36
Top works
- Kjære Ernst!
- [Pamphlets, mathematics
- Bestimmung aller Raumcurven
- [Samlede avhandlingar ved bevilgning fra Statens forskningsfond av 1919 og med understottelse av Videnskapsselskapet i Kristiania og Videnskapernes akademi i Leipzig
- Zur theorie der berührungstransformationen
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Observation of a new particle in the search for the Standard Model Higgs boson with the ATLAS detector at the LHC
· 2012 · cited 6,796x
- Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)
· 2016 · cited 4,417x
- Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition)<sup>1</sup>
· 2021 · cited 2,492x
- Hf isotopic compositions of the standard zircons and baddeleyites used in U–Pb geochronology
· 2006 · cited 2,387x
- The American College of Rheumatology 1990 criteria for the classification of giant cell arteritis
· 1990 · cited 2,067x
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Key facts
- Born
- Marius Sophus Lie , ( 1842-12-17 ) 17 December 1842, Nordfjordeid , Norway
- Died
- 18 February 1899 (1899-02-18) (aged 56), Kristiania , Norway
- Alma mater
- Royal Frederick University
- Awards
- Lobachevsky Medal (1897), ForMemRS (1895)
- Fields
- Mathematics
- Institutions
- Royal Frederick University , 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
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Norway
- Place of birth
- Nordfjordeid
- Place of death
- Christiania
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Educated at
- Hartvig Nissen School
- Employer
- University of Oslo
- Languages spoken
- German
- Religion
- Lutheranism
- Academic degree
- Doctor of Philosophy
- Doctoral advisor
- Cato Maximilian Guldberg
- Doctoral student
- Lucjan Böttcher
- Field of work
- symmetry
- Image
- Portrett av Sophus Lie.jpg
- Number of children
- 3
- Work location
- Christiania
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- member of
- Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei
- date of birth
- 1842-12-17
- date of death
- 1899-02-18
- Commons category
- Sophus Lie
- place of burial
- Vår Frelsers gravlund
- Commons gallery
- Sophus Lie
- birth name
- Marius Sophus Lie
- name in native language
- Marius Sophus Lie
- student
- Friedrich Engel
- medical condition
- pernicious anemia
- P6944
- Sophus Lie
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
- significant person
- Ernst Motzfeldt
- archives at
- Leipzig University Library
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
Life and career
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