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Sophus Lie, Friedrich Engel and the Riemann-Helmholtz problem

History and Overview 2010-02-08 v2 Differential Geometry

Abstract

A focused modernization of Sophus Lie's brilliant writings about the foundations of geometry that every contemporary geometer should have at least once a look at. Translated, updated, commented.

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@article{arxiv.0910.0801,
  title  = {Sophus Lie, Friedrich Engel and the Riemann-Helmholtz problem},
  author = {Joel Merker},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0910.0801},
  year   = {2010}
}

Comments

Monograph accepted (without revision) by Hermann Editeurs, rue de la Sorbonne, Paris, 5 February 2010. New thanks addressed to a leading international expert; a few references added