Vito Volterra
Italian mathematician and physicist (1860-1940) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Vito Volterra KBE FRS(For) HFRSE (/voʊlˈtɛrə/, Italian: [ˈviːto volˈtɛrra]; 3 May 1860 – 11 October 1940) was an Italian mathematician and physicist, known for his contributions to mathematical biology and integral equations,[2][3] being one of the founders of functional analysis.[4]
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Vito Volterra | |
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Born | (1860-05-03)3 May 1860 Ancona, Papal States |
Died | 11 October 1940(1940-10-11) (aged 80) Rome, Kingdom of Italy |
Alma mater | University of Pisa Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa |
Known for | Volterra integral equation Volterra operator Lotka–Volterra equations Volterra lattice |
Awards | ForMemRS[1] |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematics |
Institutions | University of Pisa University of Turin Sapienza University of Rome |
Doctoral advisor | Enrico Betti |
Doctoral students | Paul Lévy Joseph Pérès Cornelia Fabri |
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