Minkowski

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Minkowski is a surname, and may refer to:

• Eugène Minkowski (1885-1972), French psychiatrist
• Hermann Minkowski (1864–1909) Lithuanian-born German mathematician and physicist, known for:
  • Minkowski addition
  • Minkowski-Bouligand dimension
  • Minkowski diagram
  • Minkowski functional
  • Minkowski inequality
  • Minkowski space
    • Null vector (Minkowski space)
  • Minkowski plane
  • Minkowski's theorem
  • Minkowski's question mark function
  • Abraham-Minkowski controversy
  • Hasse–Minkowski theorem
  • Minkowski separation theorem
  • Smith–Minkowski–Siegel mass formula
• Marc Minkowski (born 1962), French conductor
• Oskar Minkowski (1858–1931), German physician
• Rudolph Minkowski (1895-1976), German-American astronomer