Person: Levi-Civita, Tullio

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Tullio Levi-Civita was an Italian mathematician who is best known for his work on the absolute differential calculus and the theory of tensors. He had problems later in his life with the rise of Fascism in Italy.

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Born 29 March 1873, Padua, Veneto, Italy. Died 29 December 1941, Rome, Italy.

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Astronomy, Origin Italy, Physics


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