scientific article; zbMATH DE number 986921

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Authors Luca Dell'Aglio

Publication date 5 March 1997

zbMATH Keywords

covariant derivativeG. Ricci-Curbastrohistory oftensor analysis

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 19th century (01A55) History of partial differential equations (35-03) History of differential geometry (53-03)

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