Antonio Collalto (21 or 22 April 1765,

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– 16 July 1820, Padua) was an Italian mathematician and physicist.

Life

He was from a modest and otherwise unrecorded family. According to

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, his surname did not indicate a connection with the

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but instead his status as a Jewish convert to Catholicism in his youth. He was unable to study at the

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Seminary of Venice, run by the Somaschi Fathers, and gained a scientific education from the physicist

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. He completed his studies and then became a priest. In 1795 he became professor of maths and physics in the public schools of Venice. In 1806 he became professor of 'introduzione al calcolo sublime' (introductory sublime calculus) and

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at the University of Padua, but was sacked when the Austrian Empire took back control in 1814 for his reputation as a

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. From 1815 onwards he was a member of the Accademia nazionale delle scienze.

Selected works

* ''Metodo analitico per conoscere la fallacia di alcune dimostrazioni'' (''Analytical method to know the fallacy of some demonstrations''), 1792. * ''Discorso sul metodo di studiare le matematiche'' (''Discourse on how to study mathematics''), 1793. * ''Identità del calcolo differenziale con quello delle serie ovvero il metodo degli infinitamente piccoli di leibnizio spiegato e dimostrato colla teria delle funzioni di Lagrange'' (''Identification of

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with series calculus or the infinitely small Leibnitz method explained and demonstrated with the theories of

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References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Collalto, Antonio 1765 births 1820 deaths Italian mathematicians Republic of Venice scientists