Hermann Minkowski

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Hermann Minkowski
Born22 Juin 1864(1864-06-22)
Aleksotas, Roushie Empire
Dee'd12 Januar 1909(1909-01-12) (aged 44)
Göttingen, German Empire
NaitionalityGerman
Alma materAlbertina Varsity o Königsberg
Kent forMinkowski space
Minkowski diagram
Minkowski's theorem
Hauf-marrae(s)Auguste Adler
BairnsLily (1898–1983), Ruth (b.1902)
Scientific career
FieldsMathematician
InstitutionsVarsity o Göttingen an ETH Zurich
Doctoral advisorFerdinand von Lindemann
Doctoral studentsConstantin Carathéodory
Louis Kollros
Dénes Kőnig

Hermann Minkowski (22 Juin 1864 – 12 Januar 1909) wis a Pols-German mathematician, professor at Königsberg, Zürich an Göttingen. He creatit an developed the geometry o nummers an uised geometrical methods tae solve problems in nummer theory, mathematical pheesics, an the theory o relativity.