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Gianfranco Cimmino (12 March 1908 – 30 May 1989) was an Italian
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, working
mathematical analysis Analysis is the branch of mathematics dealing with continuous functions, limit (mathematics), limits, and related theories, such as Derivative, differentiation, Integral, integration, measure (mathematics), measure, infinite sequences, series (m ...
,
numerical analysis Numerical analysis is the study of algorithms that use numerical approximation (as opposed to symbolic computation, symbolic manipulations) for the problems of mathematical analysis (as distinguished from discrete mathematics). It is the study of ...
, and theory of elliptic partial differential equations: he is known for being the first mathematician generalizing in a weak sense the notion of boundary value in a
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, and for doing an influential work in numerical analysis..


Selected works


Scientific works


Scientific papers

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Books

*. Gianfranco Cimmino's "''Selected works''", edited under the auspices of the Accademia Pontaniana and of the Academy of Physical and Mathematical Sciences of the Società Nazionale di Scienze Lettere e Arti in Napoli.


Commemorative, historical, and survey works

*. *. The "''participating address''" presented to the ''International congress on the occasion of the celebration of the centenary of birth of Mauro Picone and Leonida Tonelli'' (held in
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on May 6–9, 1985) by Gianfranco Cimmino on behalf of the
Accademia delle Scienze dell'Istituto di Bologna The Academy of Sciences of the Institute of Bologna (''Accademia delle Scienze dell'Istituto di Bologna'') is an academic society in Bologna, Italy, that was founded in 1690 and prospered in the Age of Enlightenment. Today it is closely associated ...
.


See also

* Luigi Amerio *
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Notes


References


Biographical references

*. The "''Yearbook''" of the renowned Italian scientific institution, including an historical sketch of its history, the list of all past and present members as well as a wealth of information about its academic and scientific activities. *. The "Yearbook 2015" of the Accademia Pontaniana, published by the Academy itself and describing its past and present hierarchies and its activities. It also gives some notes on its history, the full list of its and other useful information. *. The first part ("Tomo") of an extensive work on the "Accademia di Scienze, Lettere e Arti di Modena", reporting the history of the academy and biographies of members up to the year 2006. *. *. The biographical and bibliographical entry (updated up to 1976) on Gianfranco Cimmino, published under the auspices of the Accademia dei Lincei in a book collecting many profiles of its members living members up to 1976. *. This is a
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published on the "Bollettino dell'Unione Matematica Italiana", describing the history of the
Istituto Nazionale di Alta Matematica Francesco Severi The Istituto Nazionale di Alta Matematica Francesco Severi, abbreviated as INdAM, is a government created non-profit research institution whose main purpose is to promote research in the field of mathematics and its applications and the diffusion ...
from its foundation in 1939 to 2003: an English
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of the title reads as:-"''Materials toward a history of the Istituto Nazionale di Alta Matematica from 1939 to 2003''". It was written by Gino Roghi and includes a presentation by Salvatore Coen and a preface by
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. It is almost exclusively based on
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from the institute archives: the wealth and variety of materials included, jointly with its appendices and
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, make this monograph a useful reference not only for the history of the
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itself, but also for the history of many
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s who taught or followed the institute courses or simply worked there. * of the book . The short "''Introduction''" to Cimmino's selected works by its editors: it includes also a few biographical data. *. The "Yearbook 2014" of the Società Nazionale di Scienze Lettere e Arti in Napoli, published by the society itself and describing its past and present hierarchies, and its activities. It also reports some notes on its history, the full list of its members and other useful information.


General references

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Scientific references

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version of the original paper downloadable from the author's academic home page. *. *. *. *.


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cimmino, Gianfranco 1908 births 1989 deaths 20th-century Italian mathematicians University of Naples Federico II alumni Academic staff of the University of Naples Federico II Members of the Lincean Academy Mathematical analysts Numerical analysts PDE theorists