Mathematical Treasure: Sophus Lie’s Collected Papers

Sophus Lie (1842-1899), of Lie group and Lie algebra fame, was a Norwegian mathematician who worked on transformation groups and differential equations. The first volume of his Gesammelte Abhandlungen (Collected Papers) was published in 1934.

A contemporary portrait of Lie serves as the frontispiece.

The first page of the table of contents for the first volume indicates some of the topics and types of materials included in the collection.

These images were obtained through the courtesy of the University of California’s Digital Library. The book may be viewed in its entirety in the Internet Archive.

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