Dionigi Galletto

Dionigi Galletto
Born (1932-01-26)26 January 1932
Monasterolo di Savigliano
Died 25 September 2011(2011-09-25) (aged 79)
Torino
Nationality Italian
Fields Mathematics
Mathematical physics
Institutions University of Turin
Alma mater University of Padua
Doctoral advisor Giuseppe Grioli
Other academic advisors Francesco Severi
Doctoral students Mauro Francaviglia

Dionigi Galletto (26 January 1932 – 25 September 2011) was an Italian mathematician and academician.

He is known for his work on rigid body mechanics, on the mathematical theory of elasticity (including both linear elasticity and finite strain theory), on the history of mathematics and on extragalactic celestial mechanics and cosmology.

He was professor of mathematical physics at the University of Turin:[1] as such, he is considered to be the founder–reorganiser of the Mathematical physics school of Turin in the Post–Second World War period.[2] Among his students was Mauro Francaviglia.

Biography

He started his university studies in Rome as a student of Severi: however his studies were interrupted due to the military service, which led him to Padua.[3] There he graduated with honours in 1960 under Giuseppe Grioli’s guidance, with a thesis on the continuum theory with asymmetric stress: from 1961 to 1968 he worked in Padua as an associate professor,[3] holding also courses on differential geometry as a lecturer.[4]

In 1968, having won a competitive examination for a chair in rational mechanics, he was appointed extraordinary professor of rational mechanics at the University of Palermo:[5] there, Galletto held also courses of mathematical methods for physicists as a lecturer.[4] In 1970 he moved to the University of Turin, working at the Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Natural Sciences again as extraordinary professor of higher mechanics:[6] in 1971 he became full professor of mathematical physics, a position he held up to 2007, when he retired. Besides the course of mathematical physics, Galletto held various courses relating to the area of his scientific interest: for example he held courses on astronomy as a lecturer.[4] In 2008 he was appointed Emeritus professor.

Honors

He was corresponding member of the Accademia delle Scienze di Torino since 1974, and became national resident member in 1980.[7]

In 1979 he was elected corresponding member of the Accademia Nazionale di Scienze, Lettere e Arti di Modena: successively he was elected effective member in 1984 and emeritus member in 2002.[4] He was also corresponding member of the Istituto Lombardo Accademia di Scienze e Lettere.

Since 1990 he was corresponding member of the Accademia dei Lincei, and was elected national member in 1990.[8] In 1989, the same academy awarded him the "Prize of the Minister of Heritage and Cultural Activity" for his work in mathematics and mechanics.[9]

Work

Research activity

During his career, he published more than 150 papers in Italian and international journals.[3] The beginning of his scientific production was under Grioli’s scientific influence: Galletto worked on the topic of his laurea thesis, i.e. on the theory of continua having asymmetric stress characteristics. However, soon he followed his independent research path, with pioneering works that forerun the so called generalised continuum theory. In this theory, among other things, the stress tensor considered is no longer the Cauchy tensor or any similar, double symmetric tensor, but an asymmetric tensor that generalizes it: and this gives to the theory many further important structural peculiarities.

Selected publications

Research works

Biographical, commemorative and historical works

Notes

  1. ↑ According to his member data available at the Accademia delle Scienze di Torino online.
  2. ↑ Franco Pastrone Commemorazione del Socio Dionigi Galletto (1932-2011) on YouTube.
  3. 1 2 3 According to the obituary (m.p.g. 2011).
  4. 1 2 3 4 According to his biography, as reported by Barbieri & Taddei (2006, p. 178).
  5. ↑ See (m.p.g. 2011) and (Barbieri & Taddei 2006, p. 178). (Barbieri & Taddei 2006, p. 178) report precisely that his position was "professore straordinario" of "meccanica razionale".
  6. ↑ Precisely, he was appointed as professor of "Meccanica superiore", according to (mpg 2011) and to Barbieri & Taddei (2006, p. 178) who report also his exact position.
  7. ↑ According to his member data, he was elected "Socio corrispondente" on March 13, 1974, and "Socio nazionale residente" on May 5, 1980.
  8. ↑ According to the Lincean yearbook (2012, p. 460), he was elected "membro corrispondente" on August 5, 1980, and "Membro nazionale" on December 6, 1990.
  9. ↑ Precisely, he was awarded the "Premio del Ministro per i Beni Culturali e Ambientali", according to the Lincean yearbook (2012, p. 153).

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