Giovanni Ricci (mathematician)
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Giovanni Ricci (born August 17, 1904 in Florence , † September 9, 1973 in Milan ) was an Italian mathematician.
Ricci studied at the Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa with the Laurea degree under Luigi Bianchi in 1925 with a dissertation on differential geometry. After two years as an assistant in Rome, he returned to Pisa as a professor at the Scuola Normale. In 1936 he became professor of analysis in Milan.
He worked on additive number theory such as the Goldbach conjecture , on the distribution of prime numbers and the seventh Hilbert problem (transcendent numbers). In addition to number theory, he also dealt with function theory.
In 1957 he became a member of the Accademia dei Lincei . Enrico Bombieri is one of his doctoral students . Ricci was president of the Unione Matematica Italiana .
Web links
- John J. O'Connor, Edmund F. Robertson : Giovanni Ricci (mathematician). In: MacTutor History of Mathematics archive .
- Italian biography of Tricomi
Individual evidence
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SURNAME | Ricci, Giovanni |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian mathematician |
DATE OF BIRTH | 17th August 1904 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Florence |
DATE OF DEATH | September 9, 1973 |
Place of death | Milan |