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Hermann Minkowski

The life of Hermann Minkowski - Geometry defined SpaceTime.

Spacetime Interval

The invariant metric of special relativity combining space and time.

\[ ds^2 = c^2dt^2 - (dx^2 + dy^2 + dz^2) \]

Minkowski Inequality

The triangle inequality for \(L^p\) spaces.

\[ \left( \sum |x_i + y_i|^p \right)^{1/p} \le \left( \sum |x_i|^p \right)^{1/p} + \left( \sum |y_i|^p \right)^{1/p} \]

Sources: https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Minkowski/

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