Hermann Minkowski
German mathematician and physicist (1864–1909) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Hermann Minkowski (/mɪŋˈkɔːfski, -ˈkɒf-/ ming-KAWF-skee, -KOF-;[2] German: [mɪŋˈkɔfski]; 22 June 1864 – 12 January 1909) was a German mathematician and professor at Königsberg, Zürich and Göttingen. 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.
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Born | (1864-06-22)22 June 1864 |
Died | 12 January 1909(1909-01-12) (aged 44) |
Citizenship | Russian Empire[1] or Germany |
Alma mater | Albertina University of Königsberg |
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Spouse | Auguste Adler |
Children | 2 |
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Fields | Mathematics, physics, philosophy |
Institutions | University of Göttingen and ETH Zurich |
Doctoral advisor | Ferdinand von Lindemann |
Doctoral students | Constantin Carathéodory Louis Kollros Dénes Kőnig |
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Minkowski is perhaps best known for his foundational work describing space and time as a four-dimensional space, now known as "Minkowski spacetime", which facilitated geometric interpretations of Albert Einstein's special theory of relativity (1905).