Marcel Grossmann

Marcel Grossmann (born in Budapest on April 9th, 1878 - died in Zurich on September 7th, 1936) was a mathematician, a friend, and a classmate of Albert Einstein. He became a teacher at ETH, specialising in descriptive geometry

It was Grossmann who emphasized the importance of the Riemannian geometry to Einstein, which was a necessary step in the development of Einstein's general theory of relativity. Abraham Pais's book on Einstein suggests that Grossman mentored Einstein in the necessary tensor theory.

The community of relativists celebrates Grossmann's contributions to physics by organizing Marcel Grossman meetings every three years.

Reference

*A. Einstein & M. Grossmann. Entwurf einer verallgemeinerten Relativitätstheorie und einer Theorie der Gravitation. Zeitschrift für Mathematik und Physik, 62:225, 1914.

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