Mauro Picone
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Mauro Picone (2 May 1885 – 11 April 1977) was an Italian mathematician. He is known for the Picone identity, the Sturm-Picone comparison theorem and being the founder of the Istituto per le Applicazioni del Calcolo, presently named after him, the first applied mathematics institute ever founded.[1] He was also an outstanding teacher of mathematical analysis: some of the best Italian mathematicians were among his pupils.
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Born | (1885-05-02)2 May 1885 Lercara Friddi, Sicily, Italy |
Died | 11 April 1977(1977-04-11) (aged 91) Rome, Italy |
Nationality | Italian |
Alma mater | Scuola Normale Superiore (1909) |
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Doctoral advisor | Luigi Bianchi |
Doctoral students | see the teaching activity section |
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