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Vito Volterra

1860 - 1940

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Vito Volterra (, Italian: [ˈviːto volˈtɛrra]; 3 May 1860 – 11 October 1940) was an Italian mathematician and physicist, known for his contributions to mathematical biology and integral equations, being one of the founders of functional analysis. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Vito Volterra is the 164th most popular mathematician (up from 185th in 2019), the 1,097th most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,294th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Italian Mathematician.

Vito Volterra is most famous for his work in mathematical analysis. He is credited with the development of the theory of integral equations, which is a branch of mathematics that deals with solving problems that involve differential equations.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Vito Volterra ranks 164 out of 1,004. Before him are Autolycus of Pitane, Aleksandr Lyapunov, Peter Lax, Scipione del Ferro, Ernst Kummer, and Sophus Lie. After him are Jost Bürgi, James Joseph Sylvester, Menelaus of Alexandria, Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre, Carl David Tolmé Runge, and Joseph Bertrand.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1860, Vito Volterra ranks 29. Before him are René Lalique, John J. Pershing, Paul Gottlieb Nipkow, Louis Wain, Ernest Thompson Seton, and William Kemmler. After him are Marianne von Werefkin, Otto Jespersen, Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich of Russia, Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia, Karl Denke, and Gustave Charpentier. Among people deceased in 1940, Vito Volterra ranks 31. Before him are Jesse Livermore, Kyösti Kallio, Lluís Companys, Eugène Dubois, Italo Balbo, and Paul Gottlieb Nipkow. After him are Katharina Schratt, Édouard Vuillard, Vsevolod Meyerhold, John A. Hobson, Robert Hichens, and Michael Hainisch.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Vito Volterra ranks 1,097 out of 5,161. Before him are Giuseppe Di Stefano (1921), Scipione del Ferro (1465), Italo Svevo (1861), Luigi Einaudi (1874), Bernardino Luini (1475), and Marcomer (400). After him are Gaspare Spontini (1774), Bettino Craxi (1934), Antipope Ursicinus (400), Pompeius Strabo (-135), Oscar Luigi Scalfaro (1918), and Giovanni Battista Riccioli (1598).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Italy

Among mathematicians born in Italy, Vito Volterra ranks 16. Before him are Giuseppe Peano (1858), Bonaventura Cavalieri (1598), Lodovico Ferrari (1522), Vincenzo Viviani (1622), Aloysius Lilius (1510), and Scipione del Ferro (1465). After him are Giambattista della Porta (1535), Rafael Bombelli (1526), Tullio Levi-Civita (1873), Giovanni Ceva (1647), Paolo Ruffini (1765), and Jacopo Riccati (1676).

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