Carlo Somigliana
Carlo Somigliana (born September 20, 1860 in Como , † June 19, 1955 in Casanova Lanza near Valmorea ) was an Italian mathematician and physicist who was particularly concerned with elasticity theory .
He was descended from Alessandro Volta on his mother's side . Somigliana studied at the University of Pavia with Eugenio Beltrami and at the Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa with Enrico Betti , graduating in 1881. He was an assistant in Pavia and there from 1892 professor of mathematical physics. From 1903 until his retirement in 1935 he was a professor at the University of Turin . After that he lived in Milan and after the Second World War at the family seat in Casanova Lanza.
Integral equations and identities named after Somigliana (1885) play a role in the boundary element methods formulation of the theory of elasticity. Somigliana proceeded from Betti's sentence . He also dealt with glacier science. A formula for the normal gravity on the ellipsoid is named after him ( normal gravity formula )
In 1894 he received the Mathematics Prize of the Accademia dei XL . He was a member of the Accademia dei Lincei and the Academy of Sciences in Naples. The Somigliana Glacier in Antarctica has been named after him since 1960 .
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| SURNAME | Somigliana, Carlo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian mathematician and physicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 20, 1860 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Como |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 19, 1955 |
| Place of death | Casanova Lanza near Valmorea |