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.
Cite
@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