Non-euclidean geometry and Weierstrassian mathematics: The background to Killing's work on Lie algebras

DOI10.1016/0315-0860(80)90027-0zbMath0456.01015OpenAlexW1991470939WikidataQ56851461 ScholiaQ56851461MaRDI QIDQ1150365

Thomas Hawkins

Publication date: 1980

Published in: Historia Mathematica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0315-0860(80)90027-0

zbMATH Keywords

Lie groupsLie algebrasnon-euclidean geometryWilhelm Killing

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 20th century (01A60) Biographies, obituaries, personalia, bibliographies (01A70) History of mathematics in the 19th century (01A55) History of geometry (51-03) History of topological groups (22-03)

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