13 Facts About Hermann Minkowski

Hermann Minkowski created and developed the geometry of numbers and elements of convex geometry, and used geometrical methods to solve problems in number theory, mathematical physics, and the theory of relativity.

In different sources Hermann Minkowski's nationality is variously given as German, Polish, or Lithuanian-German, or Russian.

Hermann Minkowski studied in Konigsberg and taught in Bonn, Konigsberg and Zurich, and finally in Gottingen from 1902 until his death in 1909.

Hermann Minkowski married Auguste Adler in 1897 with whom he had two daughters; the electrical engineer and inventor Reinhold Rudenberg was his son-in-law.

Hermann Minkowski died of appendicitis in Gottingen on 12 January 1909.

Since my student years, Hermann Minkowski was my best, most dependable friend who supported me with all the depth and loyalty that was so characteristic of him.

Hermann Minkowski was for me a rare gift from heaven and I must be grateful to have possessed that gift for so long.

Hermann Minkowski was educated in East Prussia at the Albertina University of Konigsberg, where he earned his doctorate in 1885 under the direction of Ferdinand von Lindemann.

Hermann Minkowski became a friend of another renowned mathematician, David Hilbert.

Hermann Minkowski's brother, Oskar Minkowski, was a well-known physician and researcher.

Hermann Minkowski taught at the universities of Bonn, Konigsberg, Zurich, and Gottingen.

Hermann Minkowski explored the arithmetic of quadratic forms, especially concerning n variables, and his research into that topic led him to consider certain geometric properties in a space of n dimensions.

Hermann Minkowski is the creator of the Minkowski Sausage and the Minkowski cover of a curve.