1864
Hermann Minkowski, German mathematician and academic (died 1909)
Hermann Minkowski, German mathematician and academic (died 1909)
Hermann Minkowski, German mathematician and academic (died 1909)
Hermann Minkowski
German mathematician and physicist (1864–1909)
- Born
- 1864
Hermann Minkowski was a mathematician and professor at the University of Königsberg, ETH Zürich, and the University of Göttingen, described variously as German, Polish, Lithuanian-German, or Russian. He created and developed the geometry of numbers and elements of convex geometry, and used geometrical methods to solve problems in number theory, mathematical physics, and the theory of relativity.