Hermann Vermeil

Hermann Vermeil
Born1889
Died1959
NationalityGerman
Alma materUniversität Leipzig
Known forVermeil's theorem
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
Doctoral advisorOtto Ludwig Hölder

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 when he was Hermann Weyl's assistant.

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