Ernesto Padova

Ernesto Padova
Born	(1845-02-17)17 February 1845 Livorno
Died	9 March 1896(1896-03-09) (aged 51) Padova
Nationality	Italian
Alma mater	University of Pisa
Scientific career
Fields	Mathematics
Institutions	University of Pisa University of Padua
Doctoral advisor	Eugenio Beltrami

Ernesto Padova (17 February 1845 – 9 March 1896) was an Italian mathematician born in Livorno, Italy.[1][2][3][4]

Biography

He graduated at the University of Pisa in 1866 but he was also a student of the Scuola Normale of Pisa. He first taught in a high school in Naples and in 1872, having been put forward by Enrico Betti, he was appointed professor of rational mechanics at the University of Pisa. From there he moved on to Padua, where he remained until his premature death.

He has been author of about fifty works in the fields of mathematical analysis, analytical mechanics and mathematical-physics (elasticity and electromagnetism). Regards to analytical mechanics Padova has been one of the first to study matters concerning movement stability. In this field, among his students was Tullio Levi-Civita.

In 1891 he also became a member of the Accademia dei Lincei.

Notes

1. An Italian short biography of Ernesto Padova in Edizione Nazionale Mathematica Italiana online.
2. Beltrami, E. (1896). "Personale accademico. Ernesto Padova". Rendiconti della Reale Accademia dei Lincei (in Italian). 51 (5): 284–285.
3. Ricci-Curbastro, G. (1897). Commemorazione del Prof. Ernesto Padova (in Italian). Padova: Tipografia G.B. Randi. pp. 5–41.
4. Tricomi, F.G. (1962). "Matematici italiani del primo secolo dello Stato unitario". Memorie dell'Accademia delle Scienze di Torino, Classe di Scienze Fisiche Matematiche e Naturali (in Italian). IV: 1–120.

External links

• Ernesto Padova at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
• An Italian short biography of Ernesto Padova in Edizione Nazionale Mathematica Italiana online.