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Hermann Minkowski
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German mathematician and physicist (1864–1909)
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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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Hermann
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Prussia
- Place of birth
- Kaunas
- Place of death
- Göttingen
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Educated at
- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
- Employer
- University of Zurich
- Languages spoken
- German
- Notable work
- Minkowski metric
- Academic degree
- Doctor of Philosophy
- Doctoral advisor
- Ferdinand von Lindemann
- Student of
- Woldemar Voigt
- Field of work
- Minkowski spacetime
- Image
- Hermann Minkowski Portrait.jpg
- Number of children
- 2
- Work location
- Bonn
- Residence
- Kingdom of Prussia
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- Commons category
- Hermann Minkowski
- date of birth
- 1864-06-22
- date of death
- 1909-01-12
- Erdős number
- 3
- Commons gallery
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- topic's main category
- Category:Hermann Minkowski
- manner of death
- natural causes
- student
- Walther Ritz
- name in native language
- Hermann Minkowski
- place of burial
- Friedhof Heerstraße
- cause of death
- appendicitis
- writing language
- German
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
- archives at
- Göttingen State and University Library
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Encyclopedic overview
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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