In mathematics and physics, the Christoffel symbols are an array of numbers describing a metric connection. The metric connection is a specialization... 42 KB (7,076 words) - 07:55, 27 April 2024 |
 | Elwin Bruno Christoffel (German: [kʁɪˈstɔfl̩]; 10 November 1829 – 15 March 1900) was a German mathematician and physicist. He introduced fundamental concepts... 11 KB (1,150 words) - 13:57, 14 April 2024 |
Riemann curvature tensor (redirect from Riemann-Christoffel curvature tensor) the Riemann curvature tensor or Riemann–Christoffel tensor (after Bernhard Riemann and Elwin Bruno Christoffel) is the most common way used to express... 19 KB (2,883 words) - 23:28, 16 April 2024 |
 | Christophe Plantin (redirect from Christoffel Plantijn) Christophe Plantin (Dutch: Christoffel Plantijn; c. 1520 – 1 July 1589) was a French Renaissance humanist and book printer and publisher who resided and... 17 KB (2,115 words) - 21:54, 8 April 2024 |
Ricci and Levi-Civita (following ideas of Elwin Bruno Christoffel) observed that the Christoffel symbols used to define the curvature could also provide a... 36 KB (6,354 words) - 20:38, 2 May 2024 |
{\displaystyle \nabla } is the Levi-Civita connection, these symbols agree precisely with the Christoffel symbols from pseudo-Riemannian geometry. The expression for... 45 KB (8,655 words) - 16:51, 16 April 2024 |
 | Simplicius Simplicissimus (category Articles with German-language sources (de)) lower Baroque style, written in five books by German author Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen published in 1668, with the sequel Continuatio appearing... 24 KB (2,266 words) - 03:49, 14 April 2024 |
 | Differential geometry of surfaces (section Christoffel symbols, Gauss–Codazzi equations, and the Theorema Egregium) the Christoffel symbols as coordinates of the second partial derivatives of f. The choice of unit normal has no effect on the Christoffel symbols, since... 128 KB (17,463 words) - 15:12, 17 April 2024 |
 | 2007. Retrieved November 1, 2006. van der Sluis, Rencia; Badenhorst, Christoffel P. S.; Erasmus, Elardus; van Dyk, Etresia; van der Westhuizen, Francois... 36 KB (3,236 words) - 14:03, 8 May 2024 |
indices is implied, gmn is the inverse metric tensor and Γl mn are the Christoffel symbols for the selected coordinates. In arbitrary curvilinear coordinates... 27 KB (4,069 words) - 21:58, 2 May 2024 |