Definition:Differential Geometry/Historical Note
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Historical Note on Differential Geometry
The subject of differential geometry was originated by Carl Friedrich Gauss who in $1827$ defined what is now called the Gaussian curvature of a surface at a point.
He provided formulas for this in terms of the partial derivatives using a number of different coordinate systems.
This was extended by Bernhard Riemann to a general type of space with arbitrary dimensions.
Sources
- 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): differential geometry
- 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): differential geometry