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It may be said that the conceptions of differential quotient and integral, which in their origin certainly go back to Archimedes, were introduced into science by the investigations of Kepler, Descartes, Cavalieri, Fermat and Wallis. . . .
Sophus Lie
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Sophus Lie
Age: 56 †
Born: 1842
Born: December 17
Died: 1899
Died: February 18
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Marius Sophus Lie
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