Elwin Bruno Christoffel

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German mathematician human mathematician

Elwin Bruno Christoffel was a 19th-century German mathematician known for his foundational work in differential geometry and tensor calculus, including the introduction of the Christoffel symbols.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf German mathematician ⓘ
human ⓘ
mathematician ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Germany ⓘ
Prussia ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Prussia
dateOfBirth 1829-11-10 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1900-03-15 ⓘ
doctoralAdvisor Ernst Eduard Kummer ⓘ
Karl Weierstrass ⓘ
educatedAt Humboldt University of Berlin ⓘ
surface form: University of Berlin

University of Bonn ⓘ
employer ETH Zurich ⓘ
ETH Zurich ⓘ
surface form: Polytechnische Schule Zürich

University of Strasbourg ⓘ
University of Zurich ⓘ
era 19th century ⓘ
familyName Christoffel ⓘ
fieldOfWork complex analysis ⓘ
differential geometry ⓘ
mathematics ⓘ
potential theory ⓘ
tensor calculus ⓘ
givenName Bruno ⓘ
Elwyn ⓘ
surface form: Elwin
hasAcademicDiscipline pure mathematics ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName German ⓘ
memberOf Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities ⓘ
Prussian Academy of Sciences ⓘ
nativeLanguage German ⓘ
notableIdea contributions to Riemannian geometry ⓘ
development of tensor calculus foundations ⓘ
introduction of Christoffel symbols in differential geometry ⓘ
work on conformal mappings ⓘ
work on orthogonal polynomials ⓘ
notableWork Christoffel symbols ⓘ
Christoffel words ⓘ
Christoffel–Darboux formula ⓘ
Christoffel–Darboux formula ⓘ
surface form: Christoffel–Darboux kernel

Christoffel–Minkowski problem ⓘ
Christoffel–Schwarz formula ⓘ
Schwarz–Christoffel mapping ⓘ
placeOfBirth Monschau ⓘ
Montjoie ⓘ
placeOfDeath Strasbourg ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
studentOf Ernst Eduard Kummer ⓘ
Karl Weierstrass ⓘ

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Ricci-Curbastro → inspiredBy → Elwin Bruno Christoffel ⓘ
subject surface form: Gregorio Ricci-Curbastro