Hermann Minkowski
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Hermann Minkowski was a German mathematician and physicist who lived from 1864 to 1909 and made important contributions to mathematics and physics during a transformative period in scientific history. While the provided context doesn't specify his particular achievements, his work during this era was significant enough to establish him as a notable figure in the development of modern mathematics and physics.
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- 1864
- Died
- 1909
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- Raum und Zeit : Vortrag, gehalten auf de 80. Naturforscher-Versammlung zu Köln am 21. September 1908
- Diophantische Approximationen
- Geometrie der Zahlen
- Briefe an David Hilbert
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Hermann Minkowski (22 June 1864 – 12 January 1909) was a mathematician and professor at the University of Königsberg, ETH Zürich, and the University of Göttingen, described variously as German, Polish, Lithuanian-German, or Russian. He created and developed the geometry of numbers and elements of convex geometry, and used geometrical methods to solve problems in number theory, mathematical physics, and the theory of relativity.
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).
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