Enrico Betti

Enrico Betti

Enrico Betti
Born (1823-10-21)21 October 1823
Pistoia, Tuscany
Died 11 August 1892(1892-08-11) (aged 68)
Soiana
Nationality Italian
Fields Mathematics
Alma mater University of Pisa
Doctoral advisor Giuseppe Doveri
Doctoral students Cesare Arzelà
Luigi Bianchi
Ulisse Dini
Federigo Enriques
Gregorio Ricci-Curbastro
Vito Volterra
Known for Betti numbers
Betti's theorem

Enrico Betti (21 October 1823 – 11 August 1892) was an Italian mathematician, now remembered mostly for his 1871 paper on topology that led to the later naming after him of the Betti numbers. He worked also on the theory of equations, giving early expositions of Galois theory. He also discovered Betti's theorem, a result in the theory of elasticity.

Biography

Betti was born in Pistoia, Tuscany. He graduated from the University of Pisa in 1846 under Giuseppe Doveri (1792–1857).[1] In Pisa, he was also a student of Ottaviano Fabrizio Mossotti and Carlo Matteucci. After a time teaching, he held an appointment there from 1857. In 1858 he toured Europe with Francesco Brioschi and Felice Casorati, meeting Bernhard Riemann. Later he worked in the area of theoretical physics opened up by Riemann's work. He was also closely involved in academic politics, and the politics of the new Italian state.

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