springer.com Arild Stubhaug The Mathematician Sophus Lie It was the Audacity of My Thinking This is the very first biography of Sophus Lie, one of the great and influential mathematicians in the history of mathematics, written by A.Stubhaug, who is both a historian and a mathematician. As Arild Stubhaug's Abel biography, this book is a work of outstanding quality Sophus Lie (1842-1899) is without doubt one of Norway's greatest scientific talents. His mathematical works have made him famous around the world no less than Niels Henrik Abel. The terms Lie groups and Lie algebra are today part of the standard mathematical vocabulary. In his comprehensive biography the author Arild Stubhaug let us come close to both the person Sophus Lie and his time. We follow him through childhood at the vicarage in Nordfjordeid, his growing up in Moss, school and studying in Christiania, travelling in Europe and his contacts with the leading mathematicians of his time. The academic and scientific 2002, XI, 555 p. career brought Lie from Christiania to Leipzig as professor, before the attempt to call him back to Norway, when she stood on the threshhold to national sovereignty, was successful. Printed book Hardcover 44,99 € | £39.99 | $54.99 [1]48,14 € (D) | 49,49 € (A) | CHF 53,50 Softcover 44,95 € | £35.99 | $69.95 [1]48,10 € (D) | 49,45 € (A) | CHF 75,07 eBook 37,44 € | £31.99 | $39.99 [2]37,44 € (D) | 37,44 € (A) | CHF 42,50 Available from your library or springer.com/shop MyCopy [3] Printed eBook for just € | $ 24.99 springer.com/mycopy Order online at springer.com / or for the Americas call (toll free) 1-800-SPRINGER / or email us at: [email protected]. / For outside the Americas call +49 (0) 6221-345-4301 / or email us at: [email protected]. The first € price and the £ and $ price are net prices, subject to local VAT. Prices indicated with [1] include VAT for books; the €(D) includes 7% for Germany, the €(A) includes 10% for Austria. Prices indicated with [2] include VAT for electronic products; 19% for Germany, 20% for Austria. All prices exclusive of carriage charges. Prices and other details are subject to change without notice. All errors and omissions excepted. [3] No discount for MyCopy. Part of .