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Karl Schwarzschild found the first exact solutions to Einstein’s gravitational field equations (general theory of relativity) while serving in the trenches in W
by leephillips 2y ago
Karl Schwarzschild found the first exact solutions to Einstein’s gravitational field equations (general theory of relativity) while serving in the trenches in WWI, firing artillery at the Russians.
- EVa5I7bHFq9mnYK 2y agoInteresting, Alexander Friedmann, another notable solver of Einstein equations, also fought in WWI, though on Russian side :)
- bdjsiqoocwk 2y agoSimilar for the Choleski decomposition. Also artillery officer in WWI. Died in battle.
- chinabison 2y agoJean LeRay invented sheaf theory while he was a POW in Austria in WWII.