Pasquale del Pezzo

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Pasquale del Pezzo

Pasquale del Pezzo (born May 2, 1859 in Berlin , † June 20, 1936 in Naples ; from 1889 Duke (Duca) of Caianello and Margrave (Marchese) of Campodisola) was an Italian mathematician.

Life

The Del Pezzo are an old Neapolitan family from the Republic of Amalfi. He was born the son of the Neapolitan ambassador in Prussia Gaetano del Pezzo di Caianello (1830-1889) and his wife Maria Angelica Caracciolo di Torella (1836-1921).

He then studied law at the University of Naples and made his doctorate in 1880, and two years later in 1882 he made his doctorate in mathematics. He corresponded with numerous well-known mathematicians of his time, including Magnus Gösta Mittag-Leffler . So he also met his divorced sister and writer Anne Charlotte Leffler (1849-1892) know. The two married in 1890.

From November 29, 1894 del Pezzo was Professor of Higher Geometry at the University of Naples, from December 3, 1905 also for projective geometry . He was dean of the natural sciences and later twice rector of the university, first from September 26, 1909 to 1911 and then again from August 4, 1919 to 1921. In the meantime from 1914 to 1917 he was mayor of Naples.

From October 6, 1919 until his death he was a member of the Italian Senate. There he belonged initially to the Liberal Democrats, later to the Democratic Union. From 1932 to 1934 he was President of the Academy of Sciences.

He was honored many times for his services, he was a member of the Accademia Pontaniana and many mathematical societies in Europe. In mathematics, his name is known for the Del Pezzo surface .

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SURNAME Del Pezzo, Pasquale
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian mathematician
DATE OF BIRTH May 2, 1859
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH June 20, 1936
Place of death Naples