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Hermann Minkowski

1864 - 1909

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Hermann Minkowski (22 June 1864 – 12 January 1909) was a mathematician and professor at the University of Königsberg, the University of 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. Minkowski is perhaps best known for his foundational work describing space and time as a four-dimensional space, now known as "Minkowski spacetime", which facilitated geometric interpretations of Albert Einstein's special theory of relativity (1905). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hermann Minkowski is the 68th most popular mathematician (down from 62nd in 2019), the 8th most popular biography from Lithuania and the most popular Lithuanian Mathematician.

Hermann Minkowski was a German mathematician and physicist. He is most famous for his work on the geometry of numbers and four-dimensional space.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Hermann Minkowski ranks 68 out of 1,004. Before him are Émilie du Châtelet, Ludolph van Ceulen, Girard Desargues, Nikolai Lobachevsky, Richard Dedekind, and Johann Heinrich Lambert. After him are Andrey Kolmogorov, Gaspard Monge, Norbert Wiener, Giuseppe Peano, Stanislaw Ulam, and Siméon Denis Poisson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1864, Hermann Minkowski ranks 11. Before him are George Washington Carver, Camille Claudel, Alois Alzheimer, Walther Nernst, Maurice Leblanc, and Princess Stéphanie of Belgium. After him are Alfred Hermann Fried, Eleftherios Venizelos, Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine, Miguel de Unamuno, Frances Cleveland, and Charles Cooley. Among people deceased in 1909, Hermann Minkowski ranks 6. Before him are Leopold II of Belgium, Cesare Lombroso, Geronimo, Isaac Albéniz, and Itō Hirobumi. After him are Francisco Tárrega, Hermann Ebbinghaus, Karl Theodor, Duke in Bavaria, Peder Severin Krøyer, Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia, and Adelaide of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg.

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In Lithuania

Among people born in Lithuania, Hermann Minkowski ranks 8 out of 328. Before him are Władysław II Jagiełło (1362), Emmanuel Levinas (1906), Vytautas (1352), Czesław Miłosz (1911), Gediminas (1275), and Mindaugas (1203). After him are Emma Goldman (1869), Algirdas (1296), Romain Gary (1914), Eliezer Ben-Yehuda (1858), Wilfrid Voynich (1865), and Kęstutis (1297).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Lithuania

Among mathematicians born in Lithuania, Hermann Minkowski ranks 1. After him are Bruno Abakanowicz (1852).

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