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.

Aliases (2)

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	Albertina University of Königsberg →
employer	University of Göttingen → University of Königsberg → University of Zurich →
ethnicGroup	Jewish people →
familyName	Minkowski →
fieldOfWork	geometry → mathematical physics → mathematics → number theory → theoretical physics →
fullName	Hermann Minkowski →
givenName	Hermann →
influenced	Albert Einstein → development of special relativity →
knownFor	Minkowski diagram → Minkowski functional → Minkowski inequality → Minkowski space → Minkowski spacetime → Minkowski sum → 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	Space and Time (Raum und Zeit) 1908 lecture →
placeOfBirth	Kaunas →
placeOfDeath	Göttingen →
positionHeld	professor of mathematics →
religion	Judaism →
sexOrGender	male →

Referenced by (23)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Minkowski functional → Minkowski inequality → Minkowski space-time → Minkowski sum →	namedAfter
Hermann Minkowski ("Minkowski") → Hermann Minkowski ("Minkowski") →	familyName
Bernhard Riemann → Felix Klein →	influenced
Albert Einstein → Gunnar Nordström →	influencedBy
Constantin Carathéodory →	doctoralAdvisor
Felix Klein →	doctoralStudent
Hermann Minkowski →	fullName
University of Königsberg →	hasAcademicStaff
University of Königsberg →	hasAlumnus
Humboldt University of Berlin →	hasNotableAlumni
University of Tübingen →	hasNotableAlumnus
ETH Zurich →	hasNotableFaculty
Ackermann–Teubner Memorial Award →	hasRecipient
Hermann Minkowski ("Minkowski theorem in number theory") →	knownFor
University of Göttingen →	notableAssociatedScientist
Prussian Academy of Sciences →	notableMember
Ackermann–Teubner Memorial Award →	notableRecipient