Mathematician:Gregorio Ricci-Curbastro
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Mathematician
Italian mathematician most famous as the inventor of tensor calculus, which he did in collaboration with Tullio Levi-Civita.
Nationality
Italian
History
- Born: 12 January 1853 in Lugo, Papal States (now Italy)
- Died: 6 August 1925 in Bologna, Italy
Theorems and Definitions
Definitions of concepts named for Gregorio Ricci-Curbastro can be found here.
Publications
- 1898: Lezioni sulla teoria delle superficie
- 1900: Méthodes de calcul différentiel absolu et leurs applications ("Methods of the absolute differential calculus and their applications") (Math. Ann. Vol. 54: pp. 125 – 201) (with Tullio Levi-Civita)
Also known as
Appeared as Gregorio Ricci on one publication. This still causes confusion.
Sources
- John J. O'Connor and Edmund F. Robertson: "Gregorio Ricci-Curbastro": MacTutor History of Mathematics archive
- 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Ricci-Curbastro, Gregorio (1853-1925)
- 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Ricci-Curbastro, Gregorio (1853-1925)