Giovanni Battista Guccia : pioneer of international cooperation in mathematics / Benedetto Bongiorno, Guillermo P. Curbera.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bongiorno, Benedetto, author.

Curbera, Guillermo P., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Guccia, Giovan Battista, 1855-1914.

Guccia, Giovan Battista.

Mathematicians--Italy--Biography.

Mathematicians.

Mathematics.

International cooperation.

Italy.

Mathematics--International cooperation.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xxii, 301 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2018]

Summary:

This book examines the life and work of mathematician Giovanni Battista Guccia, founder of the Circolo Matematico di Palermo and its renowned journal, the Rendiconti del Circolo matematico di Palermo. The authors describe how Guccia, an Italian geometer, was able to establish a mathematical society in Sicily in the late nineteenth century, which by 1914 would grow to become the largest and most international in the world, with one of the most influential journals of the time. The book highlights the challenges faced by Guccia in creating an international society in isolated Palermo, and places Guccia's activities in the wider European context through comparisons with the formation of the London Mathematical Society and the creation of Mittag-Leffler's Acta Mathematica in Stockholm. Based on extensive searches in European archives, this scholarly work follows both historical and scientific treads, and will appeal to those interested in the history of mathematics and science in general.-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1 Background; 1.1 Some History; 1.2 The Astronomical Observatory of Palermo; 1.3 The Fortune of the Guccia Family; 1.4 Youth and Influences; 2 The Formative Years; 2.1 The Educational System of the Risorgimento; 2.2 Giovanni Battista in the Technical Institute; 2.3 University and Mathematics in Sicily; 2.4 Giovanni Battista at the University of Palermo; 2.5 The Palermo Meeting of the Società Italiana per il Progresso delle Scienze; 2.6 Italian Science and Mathematics of the Risorgimento; 2.7 Luigi Cremona; 2.8 Guccia in Rome

3 The Scientific Context 3.1 Two Mathematical Societies; 3.2 A Mathematical Journal; 3.3 The International Congress of Mathematicians; 4 The Projects of Guccia: First Stage; 4.1 The Summer of 1880: Paris, Reims, London; 4.2 1881-1883: A Period of Maturation; 4.3 The Founding of Circolo Matematico di Palermo; 4.4 The Creation of the Rendiconti; 4.5 Palermo's Belle Époque; 5 The Projects of Guccia: Second Stage; 5.1 Two Important Encounters: Volterra and Poincaré; 5.2 Development and Crisis; 5.3 Towards the Constitution of an International Association; 6 Maximum Splendor; 6.1 The Rendiconti

6.2 The 1914 Celebration6.3 Other Projects; 7 Epilogue; 7.1 The Death of Giovanni Battista Guccia; 7.2 The Circolo After Guccia; 7.3 Final Curtain; 7.4 An Evaluation of the Work of Giovanni Battista Guccia; 8 Appendixes; 8.1 Mathematical Works of Giovanni Battista Guccia; 8.2 The 1884 Statute of the Circolo Matematico di Palermo; 8.3 The 1888 Statute of the Circolo Matematico di Palermo; 8.4 The Reform of the Statute in 1908; 8.5 Members Joining the Circolo Matematico di Palermo Until 1914; 8.6 Statistical Data of the Circolo Matematico di Palermo Until 1914

8.7 Members of the Steering Council from 1888 to 19148.8 Original Text of Excerpts of Documents; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-293) and index.

ISBN:

9783319786667

3319786660

OCLC:

1054216586