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MATHEMATICIAN

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

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vito Volterra has received more than 146,534 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Vito Volterra is the 174th most popular mathematician (down from 161st in 2019), the 1,192nd most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,151st in 2019) and the 17th 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 174 out of 823. Before him are Colin Maclaurin, Conon of Samos, André Weil, Wang Chong, René Thom, and Pierre Bouguer. After him are George Pólya, Mikhail Ostrogradsky, Ernst Kummer, Ahmes, Michael Atiyah, and Jean-Pierre Serre.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1860, Vito Volterra ranks 34. Before him are Ernest Thompson Seton, Otto Jespersen, Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia, Isaac Levitan, Karl Denke, and Hjalmar Branting. After him are Grandma Moses, Gustave Charpentier, Mercedes of Orléans, Marianne von Werefkin, James McKeen Cattell, and Gyula Andrássy the Younger. Among people deceased in 1940, Vito Volterra ranks 34. Before him are Lluís Companys, Eugène Dubois, Kyösti Kallio, Katharina Schratt, Frederick Cook, and Prince Jean, Duke of Guise. After him are Édouard Vuillard, Walter Chrysler, Gunnar Asplund, Michael Hainisch, Saionji Kinmochi, and Nicolae Iorga.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Vito Volterra ranks 1,192 out of 4,668. Before him are Ranuccio II Farnese, Duke of Parma (1630), Federico II Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua (1500), Guido Cavalcanti (1258), Domenico Veneziano (1410), Bernabò Visconti (1323), and Stanislao Cannizzaro (1826). After him are Pompeius Strabo (-135), Lucrezia Tornabuoni (1427), Gelon (-600), Maria Beatrice d'Este, Duchess of Massa (1750), Claudia de' Medici (1604), and Margaret, Countess of Tyrol (1318).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Italy

Among mathematicians born in Italy, Vito Volterra ranks 17. Before him are Bonaventura Cavalieri (1598), Lodovico Ferrari (1522), Aloysius Lilius (1510), Giambattista della Porta (1535), Vincenzo Viviani (1622), and Rafael Bombelli (1526). After him are Scipione del Ferro (1465), Paolo Ruffini (1765), Tullio Levi-Civita (1873), Giovanni Ceva (1647), Eugenio Beltrami (1835), and Lorenzo Mascheroni (1750).

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