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Elwin Bruno Christoffel

German mathematician

Died when: 70 years 125 days (844 months)
Star Sign: Scorpio

 

Elwin Bruno Christoffel

Elwin Bruno Christoffel (German: [k??'st?fl?]; 10 November 1829 – 15 March 1900) 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.


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