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minkowski

/mɪŋˈkɒf.ski/

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noun

/mɪŋˈkɒf.ski/C2formalscientific
  • ruИмя собственное, относящееся к немецкому математику русского происхождения, предложившему концепцию четырёхмерного пространства-времени.

A proper noun referring to a German mathematician of Russian birth who proposed the concept of four-dimensional spacetime.

uncountable · proper noun

  1. C2formalscientific

    Hermann Minkowski (1864-1909) was a German mathematician of Russian birth who developed the concept of four-dimensional space-time, which became fundamental to Einstein's theory of relativity.

    ruНемецкий математик

    • Minkowski's geometric interpretation of special relativity is known as Minkowski space.
    • The mathematician Minkowski introduced the idea of a unified space-time continuum.
    • Minkowski's work laid the mathematical foundation for Einstein's general theory of relativity.