Federigo Enriques

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Federigo Enriques (1914)

Federigo Enriques (born January 5, 1871 in Livorno , † June 14, 1946 in Rome ) was an Italian mathematician who mainly worked in the field of algebraic geometry and geometry .

Life

He grew up in Pisa , where he studied at the university until his graduation in 1891. a. studied with Enrico Betti . The following year, during his stay in Rome with Guido Castelnuovo , with whom he subsequently worked partially, his long-term occupation with algebraic surfaces began. In 1893 he went to Turin to see Corrado Segre . He also heard from Luigi Bianchi , Ulisse Dini and Vito Volterra . In 1896 he became professor of geometry in Bologna , and in 1923 in Rome. In 1923 he was elected a member of the Leopoldina and in 1938 an honorary member of the Royal Society of Edinburgh . 1938–1944 he had to give up his professor title because he was of Jewish origin and went into hiding for a long time (his pupil Attilio Frajese hid him and his family in Rome in 1943).

With Castelnuovo, Enriques carried out a program for the classification of algebraic surfaces that spanned over 20 years . He was also interested in the basics of geometry and historical and philosophical issues and wrote several textbooks on algebra and geometry with Amaldi. Alongside Francesco Severi and Guido Castelnuovo , he is one of the leading representatives of the Italian school of algebraic geometry. His lectures on the history of mathematics, edited by his student Attilio Frajese, he held until 1938, when he was banned from teaching.

In 1907 he received the Bordin Prize from the Paris Academy. In 1912 he gave a plenary lecture at the International Congress of Mathematicians in Cambridge (Il significato della critica dei principii nello sviluppo delle matematiche).

His sister married Guido Castelnuovo.

Fonts

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In Scientia magazine (Bologna: Zanichelli).

literature

  • Simili (ed.): Federigo Enriques-filosofo e szienziato , Bologna 1989

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personal data
SURNAME Enriques, Federigo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian mathematician
DATE OF BIRTH January 5, 1871
PLACE OF BIRTH Livorno
DATE OF DEATH June 14, 1946
Place of death Rome