Amedeo Agostini (6 March 1892, in
Capugnano di Porretta Terme — 27 June 1958, in
Livorno
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) was an Italian
mathematician born in
Capugnano di Porretta Terme.
Biography
In 1919 he graduated at the
University of Bologna, where he later worked on a freelance basis as teaching assistant and professor of
History of Mathematics. Since 1925 he taught
analytical geometry
In classical mathematics, analytic geometry, also known as coordinate geometry or Cartesian geometry, is the study of geometry using a coordinate system. This contrasts with synthetic geometry.
Analytic geometry is used in physics and engineerin ...
at the Naval Academy in Livorno. Agostini also held - on assignment - several lectures at the
University of Pisa. He dealt mainly with the history of mathematics following the principles of his own teacher,
Ettore Bortolotti
Ettore Bortolotti (6 March 1866 – 17 February 1947) was an Italian mathematician.
Biography
Bortolotti was born in Bologna. He studied mathematics under Salvatore Pincherle and Cesare Arzelà in Bologna. He graduated in mathematics in 1889 at t ...
, emphasizing the assessment of the facts more than their synthesis.
His studies on
Pietro Mengoli and the origins of the theory of limits are particularly worth mentioning.
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1892 births
1958 deaths
20th-century Italian mathematicians