Antonio Fais (25 April 1841 – 20 April 1925) was an Italian mathematician and railway engineer.
He was rector at the
University of Cagliari
The University of Cagliari ( it, Università degli Studi di Cagliari) is a university in Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy. It was founded in 1606 and is organized in 11 faculties.
History
The ''Studium Generalis Kalaritanum'' was founded in 1606 alon ...
from 1897 to 1898.
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As an engineer he worked for the ''Royal Sardinian Railways'' for the development of the rail line sector located next to the town of
Oristano
Oristano (; sc, Aristanis ) is an Italian city and ''comune'', and capital of the Province of Oristano in the central-western part of the island of Sardinia. It is located on the northern part of the Campidano plain. It was established as the pr ...
.
In 1865 was appointed professor of infinitesimal calculus and algebra at the
University of Cagliari
The University of Cagliari ( it, Università degli Studi di Cagliari) is a university in Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy. It was founded in 1606 and is organized in 11 faculties.
History
The ''Studium Generalis Kalaritanum'' was founded in 1606 alon ...
.
He moved at the ''
University of Bologna
The University of Bologna ( it, Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna, UNIBO) is a public research university in Bologna, Italy. Founded in 1088 by an organised guild of students (''studiorum''), it is the oldest university in continuo ...
'' in 1876, where he taught infinitesimal calculus and algebra, and graphical statics.
His main scientific activity in the field of mathematics was focused on the study of the differential geometry of curves and surfaces and the differential equations, on which he published several articles.
Due to his scientific activity, Fais was awarded with the Benedictine medal by the Accademia di Bologna, in 1897, with the Cross
Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus
The Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus ( it, Ordine dei Santi Maurizio e Lazzaro) (abbreviated OSSML) is a Roman Catholic dynastic order of knighthood bestowed by the royal House of Savoy. It is the second-oldest order of knighthood in the wo ...
in 1897 and was appointed Knight of the
Order of the Crown of Italy
The Order of the Crown of Italy ( it, Ordine della Corona d'Italia, italic=no or OCI) was founded as a national order in 1868 by King Vittorio Emanuele II, to commemorate the unification of Italy in 1861. It was awarded in five degrees for civi ...
in 1905.
During his life, Fais met and worked jointly with several contemporary prominent mathematicians, such as the Italians
Felice Casorati
Felice Casorati (December 4, 1883 – March 1, 1963) was an Italian painter, sculptor, and printmaker. The paintings for which he is most noted include figure compositions, portraits and still lifes, which are often distinguished by unusua ...
,
Antonio Pacinotti
Antonio Pacinotti (17 June 1841 – 24 March 1912) was an Italian physicist, who was Professor of Physics at the University of Pisa.
Biography
Pacinotti was born in Pisa, where he also died. He was the son of Luigi Pacinotti and Caterina ...
and
Eugenio Beltrami, and the French
Joseph Louis Bertrand.
Works
*Intorno ai combustibili Industriali, Tesi di Laurea, Torino, 1864.
*Le Ferrovie Sarde, Cagliari, 1866.
*Trattato di Trigonometria Rettilinea – Torino, 1868.
*Note intorno ad alcune questioni di Matematica – Cagliari, 1871.
*Nota intorno ad alcune formule che si deducono da quelle di Taylor, Giornale di Matematiche di *Battaglini – Napoli – Vol. XII, – 1874.
*Nota sulla ricerca dell'equazione dell'inviluppo di una serie di curve piane, Giornale di Matematiche, Napoli, Vol. XII, – 1874.
*Nota sopra una forma compendiata delle equazioni differenziali, Giornale di Metamatiche, Vol. XII, 1874.
*Nota intorno alle derivate di ordine superiore delle funzioni di funzione, Giornale di Matematiche, Napoli, Vol. XIII, 1875.
*Nota intorno all'integrazione delle equazioni differenziali totali di 10 ordine e grado, Giornale di Matematiche, Napoli, Vol. XIII, 1875.
*Memoria intorno ad alcune formule e proprietà delle curve gobbe, Giornale di Matematiche, Napoli, Vol. XIV, 1876.
*Note intorno ad alcune formule relative al cambiamento delle variabili indipendenti, Rend. Acc. delle Scienze dell'Istituto di Bologna, marzo 1877.
*Nota intorno ad alcune proprietà delle rette coniugate. Memorie dell'Acc. delle Scienze dell'Istituto di Bologna, serie 3a, Tomo VII, 1877.
*Memorie intorno alle curve gobbe aventi le stesse normali principali, Memorie dell'Acc. delle Scienze dell'Istituto di Bologna, serie 3a, Tomo VIII, 1878.
*Nota intorno all'eliminazione delle funzioni arbitrarie, Memorie dell'Acc. delle Scienze dell'Istituto di Bologna, serie 3a, Tomo IX, 1879.
*Memoria intorno ad alcune proprietà delle curve gobbe aventi le stesse normali principali, Memorie dell'Acc. delle Scienze dell'Istituto di Bologna, serie 3a, Tomo IX, 1879.
*Memoria intorno alle principali proprietà delle traiettorie ortogonali delle generatrici delle superficie rigate, Mem. dell'Acc. delle Scienze, serie 4a, Tomo I, 1880.
*La teoria dinamica del calore e le sue conseguenze circa lo stato presente ed avvenire dell'Universo, *Discorso inaugurale per l'A.A. 1881/82, Cagliari 1882.
*Memoria intorno all'integrazione delle equazioni alle derivate parziali del 10 ordine a 4 o più *variabili indipendenti, Mem. dell'Acc. delle Scienze, serie 4a, Tomo II, Bologna, 1882.
*Nota intorno ad una classificazione delle superfici gobbe, Mem. dell'Acc. delle Scienze, 1883.
*Nota sopra alcuni casi d'integrazione delle equazioni differenziali totali ed 10 ordine e grado a tre variabili, Acc. delle Scienze, Bologna 1894.
*Nota intorno alla misura degli angoli piani e degli archi di circolo, Bollettini di Matematica, Bologna, 1912.
*L'ora dell'Europa centrale, Bollettino del Collegio degli Ingegneri ed Architetti della Sardegna, 1914.
See also
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Curve
In mathematics, a curve (also called a curved line in older texts) is an object similar to a line (geometry), line, but that does not have to be Linearity, straight.
Intuitively, a curve may be thought of as the trace left by a moving point (ge ...
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Surface
Notes
Biographical references
*. The web page on Antonio Fais cured by the "Do You play Mathematics" didactics group at the University of Cagliari.
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*. Available from the website of the. "''Italian mathematicians of the first century of the unitary state''" (English translation of the title) is an ample historical paper written by Francesco Tricomi to commemorate all Italian mathematicians who worked during the first century of the
Italian State.
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1841 births
1925 deaths
19th-century Italian mathematicians
People from the Province of Sassari
Differential geometers
Italian engineers
University of Cagliari faculty
University of Bologna faculty