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Gregorio Ricci-Curbastro

1853 - 1925

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Gregorio Ricci-Curbastro (Italian: [ɡreˈɡɔːrjo ˈrittʃi kurˈbastro]; 12 January 1853 – 6 August 1925) was an Italian mathematician. He is most famous as the discoverer of tensor calculus. With his former student Tullio Levi-Civita, he wrote his most famous single publication, a pioneering work on the calculus of tensors, signing it as Gregorio Ricci. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gregorio Ricci-Curbastro has received more than 231,319 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Gregorio Ricci-Curbastro is the 309th most popular mathematician (down from 300th in 2019), the 1,947th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,927th in 2019) and the 25th most popular Italian Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Gregorio Ricci-Curbastro ranks 309 out of 1,004. Before him are Jakow Trachtenberg, Vitello, Eutocius of Ascalon, Eugène Charles Catalan, Aristyllus, and Wilhelm Ackermann. After him are Igor Ansoff, Pierre Deligne, John Graunt, John Milnor, Johannes Widmann, and John G. Thompson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1853, Gregorio Ricci-Curbastro ranks 39. Before him are Sophia Perovskaya, Miguel, Duke of Braganza, Fritz von Below, Vladimir Shukhov, Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka, and Wilhelm Dörpfeld. After him are Elihu Thomson, Roberto Ferruzzi, Damat Ferid Pasha, Pierre Paul Émile Roux, Alexius Meinong, and Nikolai Kibalchich. Among people deceased in 1925, Gregorio Ricci-Curbastro ranks 56. Before him are Christian Michelsen, Pier Giorgio Frassati, Khải Định, René Viviani, Moritz Moszkowski, and Cyril Genik. After him are Thomas R. Marshall, Francis Darwin, Sidney Reilly, Sheikh Said, Princess Françoise of Orléans, and Chittaranjan Das.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Gregorio Ricci-Curbastro ranks 1,947 out of 5,161. Before him are Marco Antonio Bragadin (1523), Margaret of Durazzo (1347), Paolo Veneziano (1300), Angelo Moriondo (1851), John of Montecorvino (1246), and Mia Martini (1947). After him are Carlo Maria Martini (1927), Isa Miranda (1909), Renato Martino (1932), Bonanno Pisano (1150), Francesco Maria Veracini (1690), and Andrew Avellino (1521).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Italy

Among mathematicians born in Italy, Gregorio Ricci-Curbastro ranks 25. Before him are Giovanni Ceva (1647), Tullio Levi-Civita (1873), Paolo Ruffini (1765), Jacopo Riccati (1676), Lorenzo Mascheroni (1750), and Giambattista Benedetti (1530). After him are Enrico Bombieri (1940), Guidobaldo del Monte (1545), Pietro Cataldi (1552), Ignazio Danti (1536), Ernesto Cesàro (1859), and Ostilio Ricci (1540).

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