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Elwin Bruno Christoffel (German: [kʁɪˈstɔfl̩]; 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.
Nov 10, 2013 · Elwin Bruno Christoffel. Quick Info. Born. 10 November 1829. Montjoie Aachen (now Monschau), Germany. Died. 15 March 1900. Strasbourg, France. Summary. Elwin Christoffel published works on conformal mappings, Riemann's o-function, the theory of invariants, and the Christoffel reduction theorem. View two larger pictures. Biography.
Elwin Bruno Christoffel. 1829-1900. German mathematician who made major contributions in a number of mathematical disciplines, including tensor analysis, differential equations, and several areas of mathematical physics. Christoffel was considered one of the best professors and practitioners of mathematics during his era.
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Aug 1, 1981 · His major contributions lie in diverse areas: (i) geometry, including the foundations of tensor analysis; (ii) function theory, including conformal mappings, abelian integrals, and theta functions; (iii) numerical analysis; (iv) orthogonal polynomials and continued fractions; (v) ordinary and partial differential equations, potential theory; (vi...
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Elwin Bruno Christoffel 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.
Christoffel published papers on function theory including conformal mappings, geometry and tensor analysis, Riemann's o-function, the theory of invariants, orthogonal polynomials and continued fractions, differential equations and potential theory, light, and shock waves.
Christoffel, Elwin Bruno. ( b. Montjoie [now Monschau], near Aachen, Germany, 10 November 1829; d. Strasbourg, Frange [then Germany], 15 March 1900), mathematics. Christoffel studied at the University of Berlin, where he received his doctorate in 1856 with a dissertation on the motion of electricity in homogeneous bodies.
