Dario Graffi (10 January 1905 – 28 December 1990) was an influential Italian mathematical physicist, known for his researches on the electromagnetic field, particularly for a mathematical explanation of the Luxemburg effect,[3] for proving an important uniqueness theorem for the solutions of a class of fluid dynamics equations including the Navier-Stokes equation,[4] for his researches in continuum mechanics and for his contribution to oscillation theory.[5]
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Died | 28 December 1990 | (aged 85)
Nationality | Italian |
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Notable students | Lamberto Cesari |
Dario Graffi was born in Rovigo, the son of Michele, a yarn wholesale trader and of Amalia Tedeschi.[6] He attended the Istituto tecnico in his home town, specializing in physics and mathematics, but got his diploma in Bologna in 1921, where his family had moved a year before.[6]
He graduated from the University of Bologna in Physics in 1925,[7] when he was 20,[8] and in mathematics in 1927,[7] when he was 22:[8] both the degrees were awarded cum laude,[9]
He was awarded the Golden medal "Benemeriti della Scuola, della Cultura, dell'Arte" in 1964, and a year later, the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei awarded him the Prize of the President of the Italian Republic.[2]
Graffi is known for his researches on the electromagnetic field, particularly for a mathematical explanation of the Luxemburg effect, for proving an important uniqueness theorem for the solutions of a class of fluid dynamics equations including the Navier-Stokes equation,[10] for his researches in continuum mechanics and for his contribution to oscillation theory.
Graffi published 181 works.[11] lists of his publications are included in references (Cercignani 1992, pp. 108–114) and in the biographical section of his "Selected works" (1999, pp. XX–XXVI): however, the set of lecture notes (Graffi 1981) is not listed in any of his publication lists.