Italian Mathematics Between the Two World Wars

Name: Italian Mathematics Between the Two World Wars
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ISBN: 9783764365554

ISBN-10: 3764365552

ISBN-13: 9783764365554

Edition: 2006

Authors: Angelo Guerraggio, Pietro Nastasi

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This book describes Italian mathematics in the period between the two World Wars. We analyze its development by focusing on both the interior and the external influences. Italian mathematics in that period was shaped by a colorful array of strong personalities who concentrated their efforts on a select number of fields and won international recognition and respect in an incredibly short time. Consequently, Italy was considered a third "mathematical power" after France and Germany, and qualified Italian universities became indispensable stops on the "tour", organized for the improvement of young foreign mathematicians. At that time, Italy was also dominated by a fascist regime. This…

Book details

List price: $109.99
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Springer Basel AG
Publication date: 11/17/2005
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 299
Size: 7.01" wide x 10.00" long x 0.31" tall
Weight: 2.992
Language: English



The Italian school of algebraic geometry


Mathematical physics


Analysis


Mathematicians at the front


Volterra's leadership


Rome 1921


The foundation of the U.M.I. and the C.N.R.


Fascism


Giovanni Gentile and the school reform


Severi, mathematician and politician


Enriques and his school


Castelnuovo, probability and "social mathematics"


Tullio Levi-Civita


The Thirties


Towards disaster


The International Congress of 1936


The anti-semitic laws of 1938


Crisis