Gian Antonio Maggi

Gian Antonio Maggi (born February 19, 1856 in Milan ; † July 12, 1937 there ) was an Italian mathematician and physicist.

biography

He studied at the University of Pavia with a degree (Laurea) in physics in 1877 and in mathematics in 1881 and continued his studies in Berlin with Gustav Kirchhoff . After his return he was assistant for experimental physics in Pavia and completed his habilitation in theoretical physics. In 1886 he became professor of analysis in Messina , in 1895 of rational mechanics in Pisa and from 1925 until his retirement in 1931 he was professor at the University of Milan , where he founded the Istituto di Matematica in 1929 with Oscar Chisini and Giulio Vivanti .

In 1910 he became a member of the Accademia dei Lincei and in 1936 of the Accademia Nazionale delle Scienze .

He dealt with theoretical physics and in particular mechanics and (autonomous) dynamic systems and their stability. Further research areas were elasticity theory, electrodynamics, wave propagation and physical optics. He was one of the first to systematically deal with nonholonomic systems (the Maggi equations are named after him in this field).

Fonts

• Principi della teoria matematica del movimento dei corpi. 1896.
• Principi di stereodinamica. 1903.
• Geometria del movimento. 1914.
• Teoria fenomenologica del campo elettromagnetico. 1931.
• Dinamica dei sistemi; lezioni sul calcolo del movimento dei corpi naturali (Pisa: E. Spoerri, 1921).
• Dinamica fisica. Lezioni sulle leggi generali del movimento dei corpi naturali (Pisa: E. Spoerri, 1921).

literature

• Adriano Paolo Morando:  Maggi, Gian Antonio. In: Mario Caravale (ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 67:  Macchi – Malaspina. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 2006.

Web links

• Maggi, Gian Antonio. In: Enciclopedie on line. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome. Retrieved April 9, 2017.