Giuseppe Bruno (1828–1893) was an Italian

mathematician A mathematician is someone who uses an extensive knowledge of mathematics in their work, typically to solve mathematical problems. Mathematicians are concerned with numbers, data, quantity, structure, space, models, and change. History On ...

, professor of

geometry Geometry (; ) is, with arithmetic, one of the oldest branches of mathematics. It is concerned with properties of space such as the distance, shape, size, and relative position of figures. A mathematician who works in the field of geometry is c ...

in the

university of Turin The University of Turin (Italian: ''Università degli Studi di Torino'', UNITO) is a public research university in the city of Turin, in the Piedmont region of Italy. It is one of the oldest universities in Europe and continues to play an impo ...

Life and work

Bruno has born in a very poor family, but he won a stipend to study in the

University of Turin The University of Turin (Italian: ''Università degli Studi di Torino'', UNITO) is a public research university in the city of Turin, in the Piedmont region of Italy. It is one of the oldest universities in Europe and continues to play an impo ...

, where he graduated in philosophy in 1846. The following years he was professor at secondary level, while he studied to graduate in engineering (1850) and to doctorate in mathematics (1851). In 1852 he was appointed substitute professor of mathematics in the university of Turin; he combined this work with his private and public teaching in lower levels. In 1862 he was appointed professor of geometry in the university; in 1881 he became president of the Sciences Faculty. Bruno wrote twenty one-papers, all but two in

, but he is mostly known by his teaching., page 68. Among his students are

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and

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bruno, Giuseppe 19th-century Italian mathematicians 1828 births 1893 deaths