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Emanuele FoÃ
Emanuele Foà (16 August 1892 – 9 October 1949) was an Italian engineer and Engineering physics, engineering physicist, known for his contribution to Fluid dynamics, mathematical fluid dynamics. In particular he proved the first known uniqueness theorem for the solutions to the Dimension (mathematics), three-dimensional Navier–Stokes equations for incompressible fluids in bounded set, bounded Domain (mathematical analysis), domains. Life and academic career He was born in Savigliano, in a Jewish family of distinguished professionals and officials:. his father, Teodoro Foà , was a military physician serving as a Major (rank), major the Royal Italian Army,See , and . who died at the age of 42 due to the viral fevers he contracted during the Italian Eritrea, Eritrea war campaign. Despite having lost his father at a young age and having a disabled sister,. he succeeded in studying engineering at the Polytechnic University of Turin thanks to a scholarship. The outbreak of World Wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Savigliano
Savigliano () is a of Piedmont, Northern Italy, in the Province of Cuneo, about south of Turin by rail. It is home to ironworks, foundries, locomotive works (once owned by Fiat Ferroviaria, now by Alstom) and silk manufactures, as well as sugar factories, printing works and cocoon-raising establishments. Main sights Savigliano retains some traces of its ancient walls, demolished in 1707, and has a collegiate church (S. Andrea, in its present form comparatively modern), and a triumphal arch erected in honour of the marriage of Charles Emmanuel I to Caterina Micaela of Spain, Infanta Catherine of Austrian Spain. There is also a train museum exhibiting numerous Italian past trains and locomotives. Notable people * Elena Busso, volleyball player * Giovanni Schiaparelli, astronomer * Santorre di Santarosa, an Italian Philhellene * Luca Filippi, racing driver * Sara Curtis (born 2006), swimmer Twin towns * Pylos, Greece, since 1962 * Mormanno, Italy, since 1962 * Villa Marà ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |