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What is Metric tensor's origin?
I was usually interested in metric tensor, So I have hard searched it, But most of what I was looking for was about the 'theory of relativity'. Even so, I can find information about mathematical ...
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To what extent were Riemann surfaces a precursor to algebraic geometry?
I read that Riemann started studying the so-called Riemann's surfaces in the second half of the 19th century, introducing tools like meromorphic functions and meromorphic 1-forms. The culmination of ...
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Origin of Riemann-Stieltjes Integral
What need (if there was any) created Riemann-Stieltjes integral? What did Riemann-Stieltjes integral want to attain?
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Is there a transcript or audio recording of the lecture on Riemann Hypothesis by John Nash at Columbia University in 1959 anywhere?
The film A Beautiful Mind depicts this scene, and it is mentioned on wikipedia as well as many articles/books. John Nash famously gave a lecture to 250 mathemeticians at Columbia University in 1959 ...
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Did Riemann invent the Riemann curvature tensor?
I'm pretty sure they weren't using tensors in the modern sense at that point, but to what extent did Riemann lay out the structure or significance underlying his eponymous tensor? In his habilitation ...
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How much ground was prepared for Riemann so that he could conjecture Riemann hypothesis?
Although I do not doubt in Riemann˙s originality, I would like to know how much complex analysis was developed up to the day when Riemann conjectured what is today called Riemann hypothesis and how ...
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