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Vito Volterra
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1860-05-03 ) 3 May 1860, Ancona , Papal States
- Died
- 11 October 1940 (1940-10-11) (aged 80), Rome , Kingdom of Italy
- Alma mater
- University of Pisa , Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa
- Known for
- Volterra integral equation , Volterra operator , Lotka–Volterra equations , Volterra lattice
- Awards
- ForMemRS
- Fields
- Mathematics
- Institutions
- University of Pisa , University of Turin , Sapienza University of Rome
- Doctoral advisor
- Enrico Betti
- Doctoral students
- Paul Lévy , Joseph Pérès , Cornelia Fabri
- Preceded by
- Ulisse Dini
- Succeeded by
- Emanuele Paternò
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Vito
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Italy
- Place of birth
- Ancona
- Place of death
- Rome
- Child
- Edoardo Volterra
- Occupation
- mathematician
- Educated at
- University of Pisa
- Employer
- Sapienza University of Rome
- Languages spoken
- Italian
- Academic degree
- Doctor of Philosophy
- Doctoral advisor
- Enrico Betti
- Student of
- Ulisse Dini
- Doctoral student
- Paul Pierre Lévy
- Field of work
- functional analysis
- Conflict
- World War I
- Image
- Vito Volterra.jpg
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- student
- René Gateaux
- member of
- Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei
- Commons category
- Vito Volterra
- date of birth
- 1860-05-03
- date of death
- 1940-10-11
- Commons Creator page
- Vito Volterra
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
- writing language
- Italian
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Encyclopedic overview
Vito Volterra KBE FRS(For) HFRSE (/voʊlˈtɛrə/, Italian: [ˈviːto volˈtɛrra]; 3 May 1860 – 11 October 1940) was an Italian mathematician and physicist, known for his contributions to mathematical biology and integral equations, being one of the founders of functional analysis.
Biography
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