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Elwin Bruno Christoffel was a Dutch mathematician born on June 16, 1825, and died on November 24, 1900. He is best known for his contributions to differential geometry and algebra. One notable achievement attributed to him is the Christoffel symbols, which are used in the study of curved spaces and general relativity.

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