Ennio de Giorgi
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| Ennio De Giorgi | |
| Born | February 8, 1928 Lecce, Italy |
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| Died | October 25, 1996 (aged 68) Pisa, Italy |
| Nationality |  Italian |
| Fields | Calculus of variation, Partial differential equations |
| Institutions | Università di Pisa |
| Alma mater | Università di Roma, (Ph.D., 1950) |
| Doctoral advisor | Mauro Picone |
| Known for | theory of Caccioppoli sets, solution of 19th Hilbert problem, existence and regularity theorem for minimal surfaces |
| Notable awards | Wolf Prize (1990) |
| Religious stance | Catholic |
Ennio de Giorgi (Lecce, February 8, 1928 – Pisa, October 25, 1996) was one of the most influential Italian mathematicians of the 20th century.
He made important contributions to mathematical analysis, in particular to the study of minimal surfaces and to the regularity of the solutions of elliptic partial differential equations.
In terms of the regularity of solutions of elliptic partial differential equations, one of his major contributions was to solve the 19th Hilbert problem. At roughly the same time he solved it, John Forbes Nash solved it in a completely independent fashion. It is commonly believed that if only one of them had solved it, then that person would have won the prestigious Fields Medal. His work has influenced Luis Caffarelli and many other outstanding mathematicians.
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[edit] References
- De Giorgi, Ennio (2006). Selected Papers. Berlin-Heidelberg-New York: Springer-Verlag ISBN 978-3-540-26169-8. A selection from De Giorgi's scientific works with biography, bibliography and commentaries from Luis Caffarelli and other noted mathematicians.
- Emmer, Michele (2007). Mathematics and Culture IV. Berlin-Heidelberg-New York: Springer-Verlag ISBN 978-3-540-34254-0. Contains two chapters on De Giorgi.
[edit] External links
- Biography of Ennio de Giorgi, home page at the Research Group in Calculus of Variations and Geometric Measure Theory, Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa. There is also an extended and almost comprehensive version in Adobe pdf format for the Italian reader.
- Centro di ricerca matematica "Ennio de Giorgi",
- O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Ennio de Giorgi", MacTutor History of Mathematics archive.
- De Giorgi video Interview - in italiano, at Matematicamente
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