Hermann Minkowski

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academic human mathematician physicist

Hermann Minkowski was a German mathematician and physicist best known for formulating the four-dimensional spacetime framework that underpins the theory of relativity.

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Label	Occurrences
Hermann Minkowski canonical	31
Minkowski	2
Minkowski theorem in number theory	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	academic ⓘ human ⓘ mathematician ⓘ physicist ⓘ
academicAdvisor	Ferdinand von Lindemann ⓘ
areaOfInfluence	foundations of the theory of relativity ⓘ
awardReceived	Mathematics Prize of the French Academy of Sciences ⓘ
causeOfDeath	appendicitis ⓘ
citizenship	German Empire ⓘ
countryOfBirth	Russian Empire ⓘ
countryOfDeath	German Empire ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1864-06-22 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1909-01-12 ⓘ
doctoralStudent	Arnold Sommerfeld ⓘ Constantin Carathéodory ⓘ Hermann Weyl ⓘ Max Born ⓘ
educatedAt	University of Königsberg ⓘ surface form: Albertina University of Königsberg
employer	University of Göttingen ⓘ University of Königsberg ⓘ University of Zurich ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Jewish people ⓘ
familyName	Hermann Minkowski self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Minkowski
fieldOfWork	geometry ⓘ mathematical physics ⓘ mathematics ⓘ number theory ⓘ theoretical physics ⓘ
fullName	Hermann Minkowski self-link ⓘ
givenName	Hermann ⓘ
influenced	Albert Einstein ⓘ development of special relativity ⓘ
knownFor	Minkowski space-time ⓘ surface form: Minkowski diagram Minkowski functional ⓘ Minkowski inequality ⓘ Minkowski space-time ⓘ surface form: Minkowski space Minkowski space-time ⓘ surface form: Minkowski spacetime Minkowski sum ⓘ Hermann Minkowski self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Minkowski theorem in number theory geometric formulation of special relativity ⓘ geometry of numbers ⓘ
languageSpoken	German ⓘ Russian ⓘ
memberOf	Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities ⓘ
notableStudent	Albert Einstein ⓘ
notableWork	Minkowski space-time ⓘ surface form: Space and Time (Raum und Zeit) 1908 lecture
placeOfBirth	Kaunas ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Göttingen ⓘ
positionHeld	professor of mathematics ⓘ
religion	Judaism ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ

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Albert Einstein → influencedBy → Hermann Minkowski ⓘ

University of Göttingen → notableAssociatedScientist → Hermann Minkowski ⓘ

Prussian Academy of Sciences → notableMember → Hermann Minkowski ⓘ

Hermann Minkowski → fullName → Hermann Minkowski self-link ⓘ

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this entity surface form: Minkowski

Hermann Minkowski → knownFor → Hermann Minkowski self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Minkowski theorem in number theory

Humboldt University of Berlin → hasNotableAlumni → Hermann Minkowski ⓘ

Bernhard Riemann → influenced → Hermann Minkowski ⓘ

Minkowski space-time → namedAfter → Hermann Minkowski ⓘ

Felix Klein → doctoralStudent → Hermann Minkowski ⓘ

Felix Klein → influenced → Hermann Minkowski ⓘ

Minkowski inequality → namedAfter → Hermann Minkowski ⓘ

Minkowski sum → namedAfter → Hermann Minkowski ⓘ

Minkowski functional → namedAfter → Hermann Minkowski ⓘ

Constantin Carathéodory → doctoralAdvisor → Hermann Minkowski ⓘ

Hermann → familyName → Hermann Minkowski ⓘ

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this entity surface form: Minkowski

University of Königsberg → hasAcademicStaff → Hermann Minkowski ⓘ

University of Königsberg → hasAlumnus → Hermann Minkowski ⓘ

ETH → hasNotableFaculty → Hermann Minkowski ⓘ

subject surface form: ETH Zurich

Ackermann–Teubner Memorial Award → notableRecipient → Hermann Minkowski ⓘ

Ackermann–Teubner Memorial Award → hasRecipient → Hermann Minkowski ⓘ

University of Tübingen → hasNotableAlumnus → Hermann Minkowski ⓘ

Gunnar Nordström → influencedBy → Hermann Minkowski ⓘ

Albertus University → employed → Hermann Minkowski ⓘ

Albertus University → hadNotableStudent → Hermann Minkowski ⓘ

Albertina → notableAlumnus → Hermann Minkowski ⓘ

Albertina → notableFaculty → Hermann Minkowski ⓘ

Minkowski diagram → namedAfter → Hermann Minkowski ⓘ

The Foundation of the General Theory of Relativity → citesWorkOf → Hermann Minkowski ⓘ

Minkowski interval → introducedBy → Hermann Minkowski ⓘ

Herbert Busemann → influencedBy → Hermann Minkowski ⓘ

The Mathematical Theory of Relativity → relatedPerson → Hermann Minkowski ⓘ

Minkowski metric η_{μν} → introducedBy → Hermann Minkowski ⓘ

Antoni Łomnicki → studiedUnder → Hermann Minkowski ⓘ