Oscar Chisini

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Oscar Chisini

Oscar Chisini (born March 14, 1889 in Bergamo , † April 10, 1967 in Milan ) was an Italian mathematician .

life and work

Chisini came from an old Venetian noble family and went to school in Ravenna and Bologna. He studied engineering and then mathematics with Federigo Enriques at the University of Bologna , where he graduated in 1912. He was then assistant to Enriques, with whom he worked on his four-volume monograph lectures on the geometric theory of equations and algebraic functions (1915 to 1934). During the First World War he was in the artillery fighting in the Alps (and invented an artillery observation device there, which he also patented). In 1923 he became a professor in Cagliari and from 1925 in Milan, where he stayed until his retirement in 1959. In 1929 he founded Maggi with Gian Antonioand Giulio Vivanti of the Istituto di Matematica of the University of Milan, of which he was director until his death.

Chisini dealt with algebraic geometry and mathematics didactics . He found a proof for the solvability of singularities of algebraic surfaces, which, like many proofs of the Italian algebraic-geometric school, left a lot to be desired in terms of rigor (a strict proof was provided by the American Robert Walker in 1935 ). He published many articles on elementary mathematics and popular science essays in the Periodico di Matematiche, of which he was editor from 1946 to 1967. Chisini also wrote many contributions to the Enciclopedia Italiana. The Chisini remedy is named after him.

He was a member of the Accademia dei Lincei .

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References

  1. ↑ / mathshistory
  2. ^ From 1982 Faculty of Mathematics. The institute received the addition of Federigo Enriques in 1952 at Chisini's instigation
personal data
SURNAME Chisini, Oscar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian mathematician
DATE OF BIRTH March 14, 1889
PLACE OF BIRTH Bergamo
DATE OF DEATH April 10, 1967
Place of death Milan