Francesco Faà di Bruno (Alessandria 1825 – Torino 1888) is undoubtedly a preeminent figure in the scientific world of the nineteenth century, owing not only to his research work in Invariant Theory and in Algebraic Combinatorics, but also for his extraordinary involvement in charitable work for the community. His treatises, remarkable for the painstaking work of organising, simplifying and clarifying theories which till then had lacked a definitive form, and for some original contributions - among which the famous Faà di Bruno formula - were internationally appreciated. His most important work, Théorie des formes binaires (1876), was so well received by the international scientific community that M. Nöther, together with Th. Walter, supervised the German edition, and D. Hilbert set it as a text book for his course at the University of Göttingen, one of the most advanced in Europe for mathematical research. Among the students attending his course of Higher Analysis at the University of Turin, we find Giuseppe Peano and Corrado Segre, whose schools of mathematical logic and algebraic geometry put Turin centre stage on the international mathematics scene. The aim of this Cd-rom is to bring together all mathematical works of Francesco Faà di Bruno, published and unpublished, including the unfinished treatise on elliptic functions, recently rediscovered. The Cd-Rom, with texts in English and Italian, offers a useful information bank with all the multimedia aids needed to consult the texts easily and quickly.
L’opera matematica di Francesco Faà di BrunoThe Mathematical Works of Francesco Faà di Bruno
GIACARDI, Livia Maria
2005-01-01
Abstract
Francesco Faà di Bruno (Alessandria 1825 – Torino 1888) is undoubtedly a preeminent figure in the scientific world of the nineteenth century, owing not only to his research work in Invariant Theory and in Algebraic Combinatorics, but also for his extraordinary involvement in charitable work for the community. His treatises, remarkable for the painstaking work of organising, simplifying and clarifying theories which till then had lacked a definitive form, and for some original contributions - among which the famous Faà di Bruno formula - were internationally appreciated. His most important work, Théorie des formes binaires (1876), was so well received by the international scientific community that M. Nöther, together with Th. Walter, supervised the German edition, and D. Hilbert set it as a text book for his course at the University of Göttingen, one of the most advanced in Europe for mathematical research. Among the students attending his course of Higher Analysis at the University of Turin, we find Giuseppe Peano and Corrado Segre, whose schools of mathematical logic and algebraic geometry put Turin centre stage on the international mathematics scene. The aim of this Cd-rom is to bring together all mathematical works of Francesco Faà di Bruno, published and unpublished, including the unfinished treatise on elliptic functions, recently rediscovered. The Cd-Rom, with texts in English and Italian, offers a useful information bank with all the multimedia aids needed to consult the texts easily and quickly.
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