Jacopo Riccati

Jacopo Riccati

Jacopo Francesco Riccati (born May 28, 1676 in Venice , † April 15, 1754 in Treviso ) was an Italian mathematician . He is best known for his studies of differential equations and the methods of reducing the order of equations .

Riccati came from the rich Venetian nobility and studied law at the University of Padua . Through his friend Stefano Degli Angeli he became interested in mathematics and published from 1710. He worked in Venice and was in contact with numerous scientists . He turned down an offer to become president of the academy in Saint Petersburg to stay in Venice, where he advised the Senate on the construction of dams and canals.

Opere , 1761

He looked at several general classes of differential equations and found solution methods that were adopted by many (including Daniel Bernoulli ). He examined one of the Riccati equations named after him in great detail (Acta Eruditorum 1722/3).

Riccati married the noblewoman Elisabetta dei Conti d'Onigo in 1696 with whom he had 18 children, whom he taught himself and was able to inspire mathematics. Including the sons Vincenzo (1707–1775), Giordano (1709–1790) and Francesco (1718–1791), all of whom were well-known mathematicians themselves. His works, published posthumously in Treviso in 1758 and in Lucca in the second edition from 1761 to 1765 , were published by his son Giordano.

The asteroid (14074) Riccati was named after him.

His name is sometimes misspelled Ricatti .

literature

• Gottwald, Ilgauds, Schlote Lexicon of Important Mathematicians , Leipzig 1990

Web links

Commons : Jacopo Riccati  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• John J. O'Connor, Edmund F. Robertson :  Jacopo Riccati. In: MacTutor History of Mathematics archive .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Jacopo Riccati (1676 - 1754). In: mathematica.sns.it. Retrieved January 24, 2020 (Italian).