Elwin Bruno Christoffel
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 125 years ago |
| Date of birth | November 10,1829 |
| Zodiac sign | Scorpio |
| Born | Monschau |
| Germany | |
| Date of died | March 15,1900 |
| Died | Strasbourg |
| France | |
| Influenced by | Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet |
| Books | E.B. Christoffel, the Influence of His Work on Mathematics and the Physical Sciences |
| Known for | Christoffel symbols |
| Riemann curvature tensor | |
| Schwarz–Christoffel mapping | |
| Education | Humboldt University of Berlin |
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| ID | 806075 |
Elwin Bruno Christoffel Life story
Elwin Bruno Christoffel was a German mathematician and physicist. He introduced fundamental concepts of differential geometry, opening the way for the development of tensor calculus, which would later provide the mathematical basis for general relativity.
