An edition of Einstein's Italian mathematicians (2018)
Einstein's Italian mathematicians
Ricci, Levi-Civita, and the birth of general relativity
By Judith R. Goodstein
Publish Date
2018
Publisher
American Mathematical Society
Language
eng
Pages
211
Description:
An exchange of information between Italian Tullio Levi-Civita and Hungarian born Theodore Von Kármán, based on mathematics by Italian Gregorio Ricci Curbastro, helped provide the mathematical background used by Albert Einstein in forming his general theory of relativity.
subjects: Mathematics, Mathematicians, Calculus of tensors, Biography, General relativity (Physics), Mathematicians, biography, Italy, biography, General relativity (physics), Einstein, albert, 1879-1955, History and biography -- Research exposition (monographs, survey articles), History and biography -- History of mathematics and mathematicians -- 19th century, History and biography -- History of mathematics and mathematicians -- 20th century, History and biography -- History of mathematics and mathematicians -- Biographies, obituaries, personalia, bibliographies
People: Gregorio Ricci Curbastro (1853-1925), Albert Einstein (1879-1955), Tullio Levi-Civita (1873-1941), Theodore Von Kármán (1881-1963)
Places: Italy