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== History == Lie algebras were introduced to study the concept of [[infinitesimal transformation]]s by [[Sophus Lie]] in the 1870s,<ref>{{harvnb|O'Connor|Robertson|2000}}.</ref> and independently discovered by [[Wilhelm Killing]]<ref>{{harvnb|O'Connor|Robertson|2005}}.</ref> in the 1880s. The name ''Lie algebra'' was given by [[Hermann Weyl]] in the 1930s; in older texts, the term ''infinitesimal group'' was used.
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