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Hermann Minkowski (/ m ɪ ŋ ˈ k ɔː f s k i,-ˈ k ɒ f-/ ming-KAWF-skee, - KOF-; [2] German: [mɪŋˈkɔfski]; 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, [3] [4] [5] Polish, [6] [7] [8] Lithuanian-German, [9] or Russian. [1]
Göttingen was, along with Berlin, one of Germany's two main centers for mathematical research. [1] Prior to Nazi rule, the University of Göttingen already had an illustrious mathematics tradition that included distinguished mathematicians like Gauss, Riemann, David Hilbert, Dirichlet, Hermann Minkowski and Felix Klein.
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When Einstein published in 1905, another of his competitors, his former mathematics professor Hermann Minkowski, had also arrived at most of the basic elements of special relativity. Max Born recounted a meeting he had made with Minkowski, seeking to be Minkowski's student/collaborator: [25]
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Hermann Minkowski, mathematician (Professor at the ETH) Known for: Minkowski Space (Relativity) Jürgen Moser, mathematician (Professor at the ETH) John von Neumann, mathematician, computer scientist (student of the ETH) Hermann Amandus Schwarz, mathematician (Professor at the ETH) Eduard Imhof, cartographer (Student of the ETH, Professor at ...