Ludwig Maurer

For the composer, see Ludwig Wilhelm Maurer.

Ludwig Maurer (1859 – 1927) was a German mathematician professor on the Tübingen University. He was the eldest son of Konrad von Maurer (1823-1902) and Valerie von Faulhaber (1833-1912). His 1887 dissertation at the University of Strassburg was on the theory of linear substitutions, known today as matrix groups. A survey of his important contributions are contained in chapter V, §4 of (Borel 2001).

See also

• Maurer-Cartan form

External links

• Ludwig Maurer at the Mathematics Genealogy Project.

References

• Borel, Armand (2001), Essays in the History of Lie Groups and Algebraic Groups, Providence RI: AMS, ISBN 978-0-8218-0288-5