# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/elwin-bruno-christoffel
# Generated: 2026-08-14T15:04:32.142Z

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name: "Elwin Bruno Christoffel"
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description: "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."
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birthDate: "1829-11-10"
deathDate: "1900-03-15"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump