Umberto Cisotti
Umberto Cisotti (born February 26, 1882 in Voghera , † July 6, 1946 in Milan ) was an Italian mathematician , engineer and physicist.
Cisotti received his Laureate degree from the University of Padua in 1903 and was then a school teacher. From 1907 to 1913 he was assistant to Tullio Levi-Civita in Padua and in 1913 he won the competition for the professorship for mathematical physics in Padua. He then went to the Polytechnic in Milan , where he taught mechanics and analysis and in 1921 became professor of rational mechanics. He also taught at the University of Milan after its inception (1923) and was one of the founders of the University's Department of Mathematics and Physics.
He dealt in particular with hydrodynamics, for example the paradox of d'Alembert and wave generation by ships. He applied methods of complex analysis and he was also interested in applications of tensor analysis.
In 1924 he received the Mathematics Prize of the Accademia dei XL . He was a member of the Accademia dei Lincei and the Istituto Lombardo.
Fonts
- Meccanica razionale, 5th edition, Libreria Editrice Politecnica, Milan 1945
- Analisi matematica, Libreria editrice politecnica C. Tamburini, 1946
Web links
- Biography of Tricomi (Italian)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cisotti, Umberto |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian mathematician and physicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 26, 1882 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Voghera |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 6, 1946 |
| Place of death | Milan |