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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About this person
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1829 to 1900 · aged 70
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