Giuseppe Lauricella
Giuseppe Lauricella (15 December 1867 – 9 January 1913) was an Italian mathematician who is remembered today for his contributions to analysis and the theory of elasticity.[1][2]
Giuseppe Lauricella | |
|---|---|
| Born | December 15, 1867 |
| Died | 3 January 1913 (aged 45) |
| Alma mater | University of Pisa |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | University of Catania |
Born in Agrigento (Sicily), he studied at the University of Pisa, where his professors included Luigi Bianchi, Ulisse Dini and Vito Volterra. He taught in secondary schools from 1895 to 1898, then became a professor at the University of Catania. He died in Catania at age 45 from scarlet fever which he contracted from one of his children.
In 1907 he also became a member of the Accademia dei Lincei. He was an Invited Speaker of the ICM in 1908 in Rome.[3]
Contributions
- Lauricella hypergeometric series
- Lauricella's theorem (regarding orthogonal functions)
- Sherman–Lauricella integral equation of elasticity
Notes
- L. Silla, L. (1913). "Personale accademico. Giuseppe Lauricella". Boll. Mathesis (in Italian). 5: 34–40.
- Lauricella, Giuseppi — Treccani, Dizionario-Biografico (in Italian)
- Lauricella, G. (1909). "Sull'equazione Δ2iV = 0 e su alcune estensioni delle equazioni dell'equilibrio dei corpi elastici isotropi" (PDF). In G. Castelnuovo (ed.). Atti del IV Congresso Internazionale dei Matematici (Roma, 6–11 Aprile 1908). Vol. 3. pp. 33–59. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-12-01. Retrieved 2017-11-20. hathitrust link
References
- L. Silla, L. (1913). "Personale accademico. Giuseppe Lauricella". Boll. Mathesis (in Italian). 5: 34–40.
- Tricomi: La matematica italiana 1800-1950, 1962 (entry on Lauricella)
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