Tensor analysis
Análisis tensorial
- Date
- 1900 · confidence medium
- Place
- Padua, Veneto, Italy
- Credited to
- Tullio Levi-Civita y Gregorio Ricci-Curbastro
- Field
- Knowledge & symbols
What was discovered
An absolute differential calculus for tensors —quantities that transform consistently between coordinate systems— developed by Gregorio Ricci-Curbastro and his student Tullio Levi-Civita in Padua.
What it led to
- Mathematical formulation of Einstein's general relativity
- Modern differential geometry
- Applications in continuum mechanics