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Sophus Lie

1842 - 1899

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sophus Lie is the 163rd most popular mathematician (down from 135th in 2019), the 69th most popular biography from Norway (down from 44th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Norwegian Mathematician.

Sophus Lie was a Norwegian mathematician who is most famous for the theory of continuous groups.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Sophus Lie ranks 163 out of 1,004. Before him are Aloysius Lilius, Autolycus of Pitane, Aleksandr Lyapunov, Peter Lax, Scipione del Ferro, and Ernst Kummer. After him are Vito Volterra, Jost Bürgi, James Joseph Sylvester, Menelaus of Alexandria, Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre, and Carl David Tolmé Runge.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1842, Sophus Lie ranks 21. Before him are Arrigo Boito, Hermann Cohen, Osborne Reynolds, James Dewar, Vasily Vereshchagin, and Georg Brandes. After him are Okita Sōji, Ambrose Bierce, Édouard Lucas, Jean Gaston Darboux, Carl von Linde, and Giovanni Giolitti. Among people deceased in 1899, Sophus Lie ranks 10. Before him are Leo von Caprivi, Félix Faure, Paul Reuter, Rosa Bonheur, Princess Marie Louise of Bourbon-Parma, and Ernest Chausson. After him are Grand Duke George Alexandrovich of Russia, Horatio Alger, Giovanni Segantini, Aristide Cavaillé-Coll, Ludwig Büchner, and Matsumura Sōkon.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Sophus Lie ranks 69 out of 1,039. Before him are Sonja Henie (1912), Johan Galtung (1930), Jonas Lie (1833), Finn E. Kydland (1943), Gustav Vigeland (1869), and Haakon Sigurdsson (930). After him are Gerhard Armauer Hansen (1841), Olaf III of Norway (1050), Christian Krohg (1852), Christian Michelsen (1857), Sverre of Norway (1145), and Peter Ludwig Mejdell Sylow (1832).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Norway

Among mathematicians born in Norway, Sophus Lie ranks 2. Before him are Niels Henrik Abel (1802). After him are Peter Ludwig Mejdell Sylow (1832), Atle Selberg (1917), Viggo Brun (1885), Caspar Wessel (1745), Cato Maximilian Guldberg (1836), Bernt Michael Holmboe (1795), Thoralf Skolem (1887), Carl Størmer (1874), Axel Thue (1863), and Øystein Ore (1899).

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