Gregorio Ricci-Curbastro
Italian mathematician (1853–1925) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Gregorio Ricci-Curbastro (Italian: [ɡreˈɡɔːrjo ˈrittʃi kurˈbastro]; 12 January 1853 – 6 August 1925) was an Italian mathematician.[1] He is most famous as the discoverer of tensor calculus.
Gregorio Ricci-Curbastro | |
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Born | (1853-01-12)12 January 1853 Lugo di Romagna, Italy |
Died | 6 August 1925(1925-08-06) (aged 72) Bologna, Italy |
Alma mater | Sapienza University of Rome University of Bologna Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa |
Known for | Tensor calculus Covariant derivative Ricci calculus Ricci curvature Ricci decomposition Ricci grid Ricci identity |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematics |
Doctoral advisor | Ulisse Dini Enrico Betti |
Doctoral students | Tullio Levi-Civita |
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With his former student Tullio Levi-Civita, he wrote his most famous single publication,[2] a pioneering work on the calculus of tensors, signing it as Gregorio Ricci. This appears to be the only time that Ricci-Curbastro used the shortened form of his name in a publication, and continues to cause confusion.
Ricci-Curbastro also published important works in other fields, including a book on higher algebra and infinitesimal analysis,[3] and papers on the theory of real numbers, an area in which he extended the research begun by Richard Dedekind.[4]