Notebooks, 1882-1906.

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Notebooks, 1882-1906.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/78770498

The notebooks primarily contain notes and computations on quadratic forms, geometry of numbers, fluid mechanics, number theory, and algebraic functions. In addition, there are notes for lectures delivered by Minkowski while a mathematics professor which cover these topics as well as partial differential equations, hydrodynamics, mechanics, and potential theory. Also included in the notebooks are drafts of articles on the theory of algebraic numbers, the geometry of numbers, and an essay on the history of the theory of probability.

4.3 linear ft. (147 notebooks and assorted folios)

American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library

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Minkowski, H. (Hermann), 1864-1909

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German mathematician (mathematical physics). Affiliations: University of Königsberg, Ph. D. 1885; University of Bonn, 1885-1894; University of Königsberg 1894-1896; ETH Zürich 1896-1902; University of Göttingen, o. professor 1902-1909. From the description of Papers. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84584433 Minkowski was born on June 22, 1864 of German parents in Alexotas, Russia; was the joint winner of the Paris Academy of Sciences Grand Prix des Sciences Mathématiques...