Summary
Mariarosaria (Mariolina) Padula (died 29 September 2012) was an Italian mathematical physicist specializing in fluid dynamics, including free boundary problems and compressible flow with viscosity. She was a professor of mathematical physics at the University of Ferrara, and is also known for revitalizing and heading the university's mathematical journal, Annali dell’Università di Ferrara, and forging it into an internationally known journal.[1][2][3]
Education and career edit
Padula studied mathematics at the University of Naples Federico II,[1] and published her first works in mathematical physics in 1973.[3] She was a student of Salvatore Rionero.[4]
She continued at the University of Naples as an assistant and associate professor until 1994, when she won a professorship at the University of Basilicata. In 1995, she moved to the department of mathematics and computer science at the University of Ferrara, where she remained for the rest of her career.[1]
Book edit
Padula was the author of a monograph on her research specialty, Asymptotic stability of steady compressible fluids (Lecture Notes in Mathematics 2024, Springer, 2011).[5]
Recognition edit
A symposium on mathematical fluid dynamics in Padula's honor was held at the University of Ferrara in 2014.[6] In the same year, a special issue of Annali dell’Università di Ferrara was published in her memory.[3]
Personal life edit
Padula married another student of Rionero, Giovanni Paolo Galdi; they later separated.[4] She was the mother of Giovanbattista Galdi, a professor of linguistics at Ghent University.[6]
References edit
- ^ a b c Coscia, Vincenzo (December 2012), "In memory of Mariarosaria Padula", Annali dell'Università di Ferrara, 59 (1): 1–2, doi:10.1007/s11565-012-0173-5, S2CID 124070624
- ^ Ruggeri, Tommaso (7 January 2013), "Obituary for Mariolina Padula" (PDF), ISSIM Newsletter (1), The International Society for the Interaction of Mechanics and Mathematics: 3–4
- ^ a b c Coscia, Vincenzo (May 2014), "To Mariolina", Annali dell'Università di Ferrara, 60 (1): 3, doi:10.1007/s11565-014-0216-1, S2CID 189777210
- ^ a b Finn, Robert; Friedlander, Susan; Joseph, Daniel D.; Russo, Remigio; Simader, Christian G.; Sohr, Hermann (2010), "Paolo Galdi—the man and the mathematician", in Rannacher, Rolf; Sequeira, Adélia (eds.), Advances in Mathematical Fluid Mechanics: Dedicated to Giovanni Paolo Galdi on the Occasion of his 60th Birthday, Springer, pp. xi–xvi, doi:10.1007/978-3-642-04068-9, ISBN 978-3-642-04067-2, MR 2605647
- ^ Reviews of Asymptotic stability of steady compressible fluids: Gerhard O. Ströhmer, MR2848254; Felix Kaplanski, Zbl 1227.76003
- ^ a b Mariolina's remembrance day, University of Ferrara, retrieved 2021-12-02