Emilio Baiada (January 12, 1914 in

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– May 14, 1984 in Modena) was an Italian

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Education and career

He studied at the

Scuola Normale Superiore The Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa (commonly known in Italy as "la Normale") is a public university in Pisa and Florence, Tuscany, Italy, currently attended by about 600 undergraduate and postgraduate (PhD) students. It was founded in 1810 wi ...

in Pisa, where he graduated with highest honors in June 1937 along with

Leonida Tonelli Leonida Tonelli (19 April 1885 – 12 March 1946) was an Italian mathematician, noted for creating Tonelli's theorem, a variation of Fubini's theorem, and for introducing semicontinuity methods as a common tool for the direct method in the calc ...

, with whom he worked as an assistant from 1938 to 1941, when he left for the war. In 1945 he began to teach analysis, theory of functions,

calculus Calculus, originally called infinitesimal calculus or "the calculus of infinitesimals", is the mathematical study of continuous change, in the same way that geometry is the study of shape, and algebra is the study of generalizations of arithm ...

and rational mechanics at the Scuola Normale. In 1948 he obtained a degree in Analysis; his

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thesis was written under the direction of Tonelli and

Marston Morse Harold Calvin Marston Morse (March 24, 1892 – June 22, 1977) was an American mathematician best known for his work on the ''calculus of variations in the large'', a subject where he introduced the technique of differential topology now known a ...

. In 1949 he moved first to

University of Cincinnati The University of Cincinnati (UC or Cincinnati) is a public research university in Cincinnati, Ohio. Founded in 1819 as Cincinnati College, it is the oldest institution of higher education in Cincinnati and has an annual enrollment of over 44,0 ...

, where he worked with scientists like Otto Szász and

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, and then to

Princeton University Princeton University is a private research university in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and one of the ...

, where he worked with Morse. In 1952 he obtained the chair of analysis of the

University of Palermo The University of Palermo ( it, Università degli Studi di Palermo) is a university located in Palermo, Italy, and founded in 1806. It is organized in 12 Faculties. History The University of Palermo was officially founded in 1806, although its ...

, where he taught until 1961 before transferring to the

University of Modena The University of Modena and Reggio Emilia ( it, Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia), located in Modena and Reggio Emilia, Emilia-Romagna, Italy, is one of the oldest universities in Italy, founded in 1175, with a population of 2 ...

, where he re-launched the Institute of Mathematics and developed its Library and Mathematical Seminar.

Contributions

He published more than 60 papers on differential equations, Fourier series and the series expansion of orthonormal functions, topology of varieties, real analysis, calculus of variations and the theory of functions.

Recognition

Baiada won the Michel prize for the best thesis in Pisa and the Whiting Award in 1940 for "contributions on subjects of calculus of variations".

Notes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Baiada, Emilio 1984 deaths 1914 births 20th-century Italian mathematicians People from Tunis Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa alumni University of Palermo faculty University of Modena and Reggio Emilia faculty