Hermann Vermeil Explained

Hermann Vermeil
Birth Date:1889
Death Date:1959
Nationality:German
Fields:Mathematics
Alma Mater:Universität Leipzig
Doctoral Advisor:Otto Ludwig Hölder
Known For:Vermeil's theorem

Hermann Vermeil (1889–1959) was a German mathematician who produced the first published proof that the scalar curvature is the only absolute invariant among those of prescribed type suitable for Albert Einstein’s theory. The theorem was proved by him in 1917[1] when he was Hermann Weyl's assistant.

Notes and References

  1. Nachrichten von der Königlichen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen. H. Vermeil. Mathematisch physikalische Klasse. 21. 1917. 334–344.