Elwin Bruno Christoffel


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Elwin Bruno Christoffel
Elwin Bruno Christoffel (; November 10, 1829 – March 15, 1900) 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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