Hermann Minkowski

German mathematician and physicist (1864–1909)

mathematical space setting which eases explanation of special relativity

Moon crater

commutative associative binary operation on subsets of an Abelian group (such as Euclidean space)

way of determining the dimension of a fractal set

function made from a set

distance between vectors or points computed as the pth root of the sum of pth powers of coordinate differences

symmetric convex set

fractal-like continuous function that maps quadratic irrationals to rationals, and rationals to dyadic rationals

theorem in geometry

two quadratic forms over a number field are equivalent iff they are equivalent locally

convex polyhedra

in physics: electromagnetic momentum within dielectric media