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Hermann Minkowski (22 June 1864 – 12 January 1909) was a Jewish German mathematician and professor. He created and developed the geometry of numbers and used geometrical methods to solve problems in number theory, mathematical physics, and the theory of relativity.
He was a professor at Königsberg, Zürich and Göttingen.
Minkowski is perhaps best known for his work in relativity, in which he showed in 1907 that his former student Albert Einstein's special theory of relativity (1905), could be understood geometrically as a theory of four-dimensional space–time, since known as the "Minkowski spacetime".
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Nonfiction cross-reference
- Constantin Carathéodory (nonfiction) - Doctoral student
- Albert Einstein (nonfiction)
- David Hilbert (nonfiction) - Friend
- Dénes Kőnig (nonfiction) - Doctoral student
- Mathematician (nonfiction)
- Oskar Minkowski (nonfiction) - Brother
- Number theory (nonfiction)
- Ferdinand von Lindemann (nonfiction) - Doctoral advisor
- Reinhold Rudenberg (nonfiction) - Son-in-law
External links:
- Hermann Minkowski @ Wikipedia