Delfino Codazzi
Delfino Codazzi (born March 7, 1824 in Lodi , † July 21, 1873 in Pavia ) was an Italian mathematician . He was initially a teacher at high schools ( Licei ) in Lodi and Pavia, from 1865 professor at the University of Pavia and was particularly concerned with differential geometry .
In 1859 he found the Mainardi-Codazzi equations for the theory of surfaces in three-dimensional space, but the work was only published ten years after his death.
Web links
- John J. O'Connor, Edmund F. Robertson : Delfino Codazzi. In: MacTutor History of Mathematics archive .
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| SURNAME | Codazzi, Delfino |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian mathematician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 7, 1824 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lodi |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 21, 1873 |
| Place of death | Pavia |