Mauro Picone

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Mauro Picone

Mauro Picone
Born (1885-05-02)May 2, 1885
Palermo, Italy
Died April 11, 1977(1977-04-11) (aged 91)
Rome, Italy
Nationality Italian
Fields Calculus of variation
numerical analysis
ordinary differential equations
partial differential equations
Institutions University of Cagliari
University of Catania
University of Naples Federico II
Università di Roma
Alma mater Scuola Normale Superiore (1909)
Doctoral advisor Luigi Bianchi
Doctoral students see the teaching activity section
Known for Picone identity
Sturm-Picone comparison theorem

Mauro Picone (2 May 1885 – 11 April 1977) was an Italian mathematician. He is known for the Picone identity, for the Sturm-Picone comparison theorem and for being the founder of the Istituto Nazionale per le Applicazioni del Calcolo, presently named after him, the first applied mathematics institute ever founded. He was also an outstanding teacher of mathematical analysis: some of the best Italian mathematicians were among his pupils.

Mauro Picone in 1903

Work

Research activity

Attraverso le sue ricerche di analisi matematica, Mauro Picone ha contribuito notevolmente allo sviluppo della matematica del nostro secolo. Egli è stato inoltre un pioniere delle matematiche applicate.[1]
—Radu Voinea, (Voinea 1986, p. 38).

Teaching activity

His teaching activity is legendary in Italy:

Selected publications

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ (English translation): "Through his research in mathematical analysis, Mauro Picone contributed greatly to the development of mathematics of the present century. He was also a pioneer in applied mathemaics".

Biographical references

  • Amerio, Luigi (1986), "Indirizzo di adesione", in Montalenti, G.; Amerio, L.; et al, Convegno celebrativo del centenario della nascita di Mauro Picone e Leonida Tonelli (6–9 maggio 1985), Atti dei Convegni Lincei (in Italian) 77, Roma: Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, p. 9 . The brief "participating address" presented to the International congress on the occasion of the celebration of the centenary of birth of Mauro Picone and Leonida Tonelli (held in Rome on May 6–9, 1985) by Luigi Amerio on behalf of the Accademia Nazionale delle Scienze detta dei XL an of the Istituto Lombardo di Scienze e Lettere.
  • Buzano, Pietro (1986), "Indirizzo di adesione", in Montalenti, G.; Amerio, L.; et al, Convegno celebrativo del centenario della nascita di Mauro Picone e Leonida Tonelli (6–9 maggio 1985), Atti dei Convegni Lincei (in Italian) 77, Roma: Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, p. 11 . The brief "participating address" presented to the International congress on the occasion of the celebration of the centenary of birth of Mauro Picone and Leonida Tonelli (held in Rome on May 6–9, 1985) by Pietro Buzano on behalf of the Polytechnic University of Turin: it includes also a short but precise description of the academic career of Picone.
  • Ciliberto, Carlo (1986), "Indirizzo di adesione", in Montalenti, G.; Amerio, L.; et al, Convegno celebrativo del centenario della nascita di Mauro Picone e Leonida Tonelli (6–9 maggio 1985), Atti dei Convegni Lincei (in Italian) 77, Roma: Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, pp. 12–13 . The "participating address" presented to the International congress on the occasion of the celebration of the centenary of birth of Mauro Picone and Leonida Tonelli (held in Rome on May 6–9, 1985) by Carlo Ciliberto on behalf of the University of Naples Federico II adn of the Società Nazionale di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti di Napoli, describing briefly but comprehensively his activity in Napoli as a professor and the events leading to the founding of the Istituto Nazionale per le Applicazioni del Calcolo.
  • Cimmino, Giafranco (1986), "Indirizzo di adesione", in Montalenti, G.; Amerio, L.; et al, Convegno celebrativo del centenario della nascita di Mauro Picone e Leonida Tonelli (6–9 maggio 1985), Atti dei Convegni Lincei (in Italian) 77, Roma: Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, pp. 14–15 . The "participating address" presented to the International congress on the occasion of the celebration of the centenary of birth of Mauro Picone and Leonida Tonelli (held in Rome on May 6–9, 1985) by Gianfranco Cimmino on behalf of the Accademia delle Scienze dell'Istituto di Bologna.
  • Fichera, Gaetano (1978), "Mauro Picone", Atti dell'Accademia delle Scienze dell'Istituto di Bologna, 13 (in Italian) 5: 245–261 . The commemoration of Mauro Picone by Gaetano Fichera, one of his "allievi".
  • Fichera, Gaetano (1986), "Mauro Picone, un pioniere dell'analisi d'oggi", in Montalenti, G.; Amerio, L.; et al., Convegno celebrativo del centenario della nascita di Mauro Picone e Leonida Tonelli (Roma 6–9 May 1985), Atti dei Convegni Lincei (in Italian) 77, Roma: Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, pp. 75–88 . An English translation of the title reads as:"Mauro Picone, a pioneer of modern analysis". Fichera's historical conference on the work and personality of his master, pronounced during the International congress in occasion of the celebration of the centenary of birth of Mauro Picone and Leonida Tonelli, held in Rome at the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei on the days between the 6th and the 9th of May 1985.
  • Ghizzetti, Aldo (1986), "Mauro Picone e l'Istituto Nazionale per le Applicazioni del Calcolo", in Montalenti, G.; Amerio, L.; et al, Convegno celebrativo del centenario della nascita di Mauro Picone e Leonida Tonelli (6–9 maggio 1985), Atti dei Convegni Lincei (in Italian) 77, Roma: Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, pp. 112–116 . "Mauro Picone and the Istituto Nazionale per le Applicazioni del Calcolo" is a brief historical survey of Picone's role in the founding of the Istituto Nazionale per le Applicazioni del Calcolo: the Author is one of his pupils, former workers and then director of the institute. It was presented at the International congress in occasion of the celebration of the centenary of birth of Mauro Picone and Leonida Tonelli (held in Rome on May 6–9, 1985): an English translation of the title of the conference is:-The work of Leonida Tonelli and his influence on scientific thinking in this century.
  • Guerra Vieira, Antonio Hélio (1986), "Indirizzo di adesione", in Montalenti, G.; Amerio, L.; et al, Convegno celebrativo del centenario della nascita di Mauro Picone e Leonida Tonelli (6–9 maggio 1985), Atti dei Convegni Lincei 77, Roma: Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, pp. 12–13 . The "participating address" presented to the International congress on the occasion of the celebration of the centenary of birth of Mauro Picone and Leonida Tonelli (held in Rome on May 6–9, 1985) by Antonio Hélio Guerra Vieira on behalf of the University of São Paulo, including the posthumous award of the Laurea honoris causa to Picone.
  • Kósa, András (1986), "Indirizzo di adesione", in Montalenti, G.; Amerio, L.; et al, Convegno celebrativo del centenario della nascita di Mauro Picone e Leonida Tonelli (6–9 maggio 1985), Atti dei Convegni Lincei 77, Roma: Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, p. 21 . The "participating address" presented to the International congress on the occasion of the celebration of the centenary of birth of Mauro Picone and Leonida Tonelli (held in Rome on May 6–9, 1985) by András Kósa on behalf of the University of Budapest.
  • Kósa, András (gennaio–aprile 2006), "Mauro Picone e Gaetano Fichera / Mauro Picone és Gaetano Fichera", Italia & Italy (in Hungarian and Italian), No. 28–29: 36–38  . The personal recollection of András Kósa on Gaetano Fichera and Mauro Picone.
  • Marino, Mario (1986), "Indirizzo di adesione", in Montalenti, G.; Amerio, L.; et al, Convegno celebrativo del centenario della nascita di Mauro Picone e Leonida Tonelli (6–9 maggio 1985), Atti dei Convegni Lincei (in Italian) 77, Roma: Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, p. 25 . The "participating address" presented to the International congress on the occasion of the celebration of the centenary of birth of Mauro Picone and Leonida Tonelli (held in Rome on May 6–9, 1985) by Mario Marino on behalf of the University of Catania, describing his teaching and research activity in Catania.
  • Pettineo, Benedetto (1986), "Indirizzo di adesione", in Montalenti, G.; Amerio, L.; et al, Convegno celebrativo del centenario della nascita di Mauro Picone e Leonida Tonelli (6–9 maggio 1985), Atti dei Convegni Lincei (in Italian) 77, Roma: Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, pp. 27–28 . The "participating address" presented to the International congress on the occasion of the celebration of the centenary of birth of Mauro Picone and Leonida Tonelli (held in Rome on May 6–9, 1985) by Benedetto Pettineo as the president of the Circolo Matematico di Palermo.
  • Ruberti, Antonio (1986), "Indirizzo di adesione", in Montalenti, G.; Amerio, L.; et al, Convegno celebrativo del centenario della nascita di Mauro Picone e Leonida Tonelli (6–9 maggio 1985), Atti dei Convegni Lincei (in Italian) 77, Roma: Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, p. 31 . The "participating address" presented to the International congress on the occasion of the celebration of the centenary of birth of Mauro Picone and Leonida Tonelli (held in Rome on May 6–9, 1985) by Antonio Rubeti on behalf of the Sapienza University of Rome.
  • Schippa, Giovanni (1986), "Indirizzo di adesione", in Montalenti, G.; Amerio, L.; et al, Convegno celebrativo del centenario della nascita di Mauro Picone e Leonida Tonelli (6–9 maggio 1985), Atti dei Convegni Lincei (in Italian) 77, Roma: Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, pp. 33–34 . The "participating address" presented to the International congress on the occasion of the celebration of the centenary of birth of Mauro Picone and Leonida Tonelli (held in Rome on May 6–9, 1985) by Giovanni Schippa on behalf of the Università degli Studi dell'Aquila.
  • Voinea, Radu (1986), "Indirizzo di adesione", in Montalenti, G.; Amerio, L.; et al, Convegno celebrativo del centenario della nascita di Mauro Picone e Leonida Tonelli (6–9 maggio 1985), Atti dei Convegni Lincei (in Italian) 77, Roma: Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, p. 38 . The "participating address" presented to the International congress on the occasion of the celebration of the centenary of birth of Mauro Picone and Leonida Tonelli (held in Rome on May 6–9, 1985) by Radu Voinea as the president of the Romanian Academy of Sciences.
  • Mauro Picone at the Italian Wikipedia.

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