Felice Casorati (mathematician)

Felice Casorati

Felice Casorati (born December 17, 1835 in Pavia , † September 11, 1890 in Casteggio ) was an Italian mathematician. Felice Casorati is best known for the Weierstrass-Casorati theorem.

Casorati's first interests were architecture and construction . He obtained his diploma in these subjects at the University of Pavia in 1856 . As assistant to Francesco Brioschi , he taught topology, among other things, and in 1858, together with Enrico Betti, visited Göttingen , Berlin and Paris . During these study trips he discussed the basics of analysis with Leopold Kronecker and Karl Weierstrass . On his return in 1859 he accepted an associate professorship in algebra and analytical geometry at the University of Pavia. The full professorship followed in 1862. He held lectures in geodesy and analysis until 1868 . A stay in Milan followed until 1875 and then he returned to Pavia, where he taught analysis until his death.

In 1877 he was elected a corresponding member of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences . In 1886 he was accepted as a corresponding member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences .

The Mathematical Institute of the University of Pavia is named after him.

Web links

• John J. O'Connor, Edmund F. Robertson :  Felice Casorati. In: MacTutor History of Mathematics archive .
• Literature by and about Felice Casorati (mathematician) in the bibliographic database WorldCat

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Holger Krahnke: The members of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen 1751-2001 (= Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Philological-Historical Class. Volume 3, Vol. 246 = Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Mathematical-Physical Class. Episode 3, vol. 50). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2001, ISBN 3-525-82516-1 , p. 56.
2. ^ Members of the previous academies. Felice Casorati. Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences , accessed on March 6, 2015 . 
3. ^ Mathematical Institute of the University of Pavia. Retrieved April 8, 2015 .