Gregorio Ricci-Curbastro
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Gregorio Ricci-Curbastro was an Italian mathematician. He is most famous as the discoverer of tensor calculus.
Ricci Curbastro
Lezioni sulla teoria delle superficie, 1898
Covariant derivative
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In mathematics, the covariant derivative is a way of specifying a derivative along tangent vectors of a manifold. Alternatively, the covariant derivative is a way of introducing and working with a con
Gregorio Ricci-Curbastro
…influenced by the works of Elwin Bruno Christoffel and of Rudolf Lipschitz on the quadratic forms. In fact, it was essentially Christoffel's idea of covariant differentiation that allowed Ricci-Curbastro to make the greatest progress. Ricci-Curbastro received many honours for his contributions…
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