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Wilhelm Killing

Wilhelm Killing, German mathematician and academic (died 1923)

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Born
May 10, 1847
Died
February 11, 1923
Zodiac sign
Taurus
Birth year
1847

About Wilhelm Killing

Wilhelm Karl Joseph Killing was a German mathematician who made important contributions to the theories of Lie algebras, Lie groups, and non-Euclidean geometry. Killing invented Lie algebras independently of Sophus Lie around 1880. He discovered the exceptional Lie algebra g2 in 1887; his root system classification showed up all the exceptional cases, but concrete constructions came later.

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Wilhelm Killing timeline

  1. Killing invented Lie algebras independently of Sophus Lie around 1880.
  2. He discovered the exceptional Lie algebra g2 in 1887; his root system classification showed up all the exceptional cases, but concrete constructions came later.

The world when Wilhelm Killing was born

Wilhelm Killing was born in 1847. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1847

  • Best-selling bookJane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë & Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineMormons arrive in Salt Lake Valley
  • Technology milestoneChloroform used as anesthetic
  • World population~1.27B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderJames K. Polk
  • U.S. population20.8M

1847 versus 2026

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Measure18472026
Population20.8M341 million

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