Tullio Levi-Civita

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Italian mathematician human mathematician

Tullio Levi-Civita was an Italian mathematician renowned for his foundational work in tensor calculus and differential geometry, which profoundly influenced general relativity and modern physics.

Aliases (1)

Levi-Civita ×1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Italian mathematician → human → mathematician →
academicDegree	degree in engineering →
awardReceived	Royal Society Sylvester Medal → Royal Society foreign membership →
coAuthor	Gregorio Ricci-Curbastro →
countryOfBirth	Italy →
countryOfCitizenship	Italy → Kingdom of Italy →
countryOfDeath	Italy →
dateOfBirth	1873-03-29 →
dateOfDeath	1941-12-29 →
educatedAt	University of Padua →
employer	University of Padua → University of Rome →
era	19th-century mathematics → 20th-century mathematics →
ethnicGroup	Italian Jews →
familyName	Levi-Civita →
fieldOfWork	celestial mechanics → differential geometry → mathematical physics → mathematics → tensor calculus →
fullName	Tullio Levi-Civita →
gender	male →
givenName	Tullio →
influenced	Albert Einstein → development of general relativity →
knownFor	Levi-Civita connection → Levi-Civita symbol → contributions to general relativity → development of tensor calculus → foundational work in differential geometry → parallel transport in Riemannian geometry →
languageOfWorkOrName	Italian →
memberOf	Accademia dei Lincei → Pontifical Academy of Sciences → Royal Society of London →
notableConcept	Levi-Civita connection → Levi-Civita symbol → Levi-Civita tensor →
notableWork	Lezioni di calcolo differenziale assoluto → Méthodes de calcul différentiel absolu et leurs applications →
placeOfBirth	Padua →
placeOfDeath	Rome →
positionHeld	professor of higher analysis → professor of rational mechanics →
religiousBackground	Jewish family origin →

Referenced by (8)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Ricci curvature tensor →	developedWith
Tullio Levi-Civita ("Levi-Civita") →	familyName
Tullio Levi-Civita →	fullName
Sapienza University of Rome →	hasNotableAlumni
Gregorio Ricci-Curbastro →	influenced
Levi-Civita connection →	introducedBy
Levi-Civita connection →	namedAfter
Gregorio Ricci-Curbastro →	notableStudent