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The EssaySymmetry and the Monster
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Symmetry and the Monster: Series on the quest to understand symmetry. 2/4. Professor Mark Ronan charts the progress of Norwegian Sophus Lie's work as he developed Galois' ideas.

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Tue 29 Apr 200823:00
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