Tullio Levi-Civita
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an Italian mathematician, most famous for his work on absolute differential calculus (tensor calculus) and its applications to the theory of relativity
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Born
29 March 1873 Padua, Italy
Died
29 December 1941 (aged 68) Rome, Italy
Nationality
Italian
Known for
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Fields
Mathematics
Alma mater
University of Padua
Institutions
University of Rome
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Italy
Doctoral advisor
Gregorio Ricci-Curbastro
Doctoral students
Evan Tom Davies Albert Joseph McConnell Octav Onicescu Attilio Palatini Antonio Signorini Libera Trevisani Giovanni Lampariello Gheorghe Vrânceanu
era
1800+