Ulisse Dini
Ulisse Dini (born November 14, 1845 in Pisa , † October 28, 1918 ibid) was an Italian mathematician and politician .
Dini studied mathematics at the university and the Scuola Normale Superiore in his hometown. One of his professors was Enrico Betti . In 1865 he went to Paris on a scholarship , where he studied with Charles Hermite and Joseph Bertrand and published some essays. In 1866 he was appointed to the University of Pisa , where he taught algebra and geodesy. In 1871 he became Professor of Analysis and Geometry as successor to Betti. Dini was rector of the University of Pisa from 1888 to 1890 and director of the Scuola Normale Superiore from 1908 until his death in 1918 .
From 1871, when he was elected to the city council of Pisa, he was also active as a politician. In 1880 he was elected to the Italian parliament , in 1892 he became a senator .
Dini was working on real analysis at a time when it was being placed on a more rigorous basis. He gave a criterion for the convergence of a Fourier series and dealt with potential theory and the differential geometry of surfaces, based on the work of Eugenio Beltrami . In 1878 he wrote a book on the fundamentals of the theory of real functions, in 1880 on Fourier series and in 1907 and 1915 a two-volume analysis textbook.
One of his students was Luigi Bianchi .
Web links
- John J. O'Connor, Edmund F. Robertson : Ulisse Dini. In: MacTutor History of Mathematics archive .
- Biography at the Italian Senate
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| SURNAME | Dini, Ulisse |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian mathematician and politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 14, 1845 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pisa |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 28, 1918 |
| Place of death | Pisa |