Mathematician:Gregorio Ricci-Curbastro

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

• Ricci Calculus
• Ricci Curvature
• Ricci Flow

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)