Riemann

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. A prominent German mathematician known for his contributions to analysis, differential geometry, and the Riemann hypothesis
2. An influential figure in mathematics, renowned for developing concepts in complex analysis and his work on prime number distribution
3. A key mathematician whose theories laid the groundwork for modern geometry and contributed to number theory through the exploration of analytic functions

Etymology: The name is a German surname, and English took it over unchanged, so the noun now refers to the person who bore it. The mathematician's name is best known in English through the Riemann hypothesis, a conjecture about the zeros of a function that bears his name. Like many eponyms, the word moved from a family name to a label for a person and then to the names of the ideas he is credited with.

Synonyms: riemannian