Mauro Picone (2 May 1885 – 11 April 1977) was an Italian mathematician. He is known for the Picone identity, the Sturm-Picone comparison theorem and being the founder of the Istituto per le Applicazioni del Calcolo, presently named after him, the first applied mathematics institute ever founded.[1] He was also an outstanding teacher of mathematical analysis: some of the best Italian mathematicians were among his pupils.
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Born | Lercara Friddi, Sicily, Italy | 2 May 1885
Died | 11 April 1977 Rome, Italy | (aged 91)
Nationality | Italian |
Alma mater | Scuola Normale Superiore (1909) |
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Doctoral advisor | Luigi Bianchi |
Doctoral students | see the teaching activity section |
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.[2]
— Radu Voinea, (Voinea 1986, p. 38).
Notable students:
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