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Eugenio Elia Levi

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Eugenio Elia Levi · Science & Medicine

What

Lie algebras; the Levi decomposition

When

1883, Turin, Italy — 1917, near Caporetto (killed in World War I)

Where

Italy

Biography

Eugenio Elia Levi is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Lie algebras; the Levi decomposition

How & why

Eugenio Elia Levi was an Italian Jewish mathematician who, despite dying young in the First World War, left deep results in the theory of Lie algebras — notably the Levi decomposition — and in complex analysis and partial differential equations. He fell in battle at the age of 34 during the retreat at Caporetto.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Mathematics

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Lie algebras; the Levi decomposition

1883

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Mathematics