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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

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vito Volterra has received more than 157,396 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 41 in 2019). Vito Volterra is the 185th most popular mathematician (down from 174th in 2019), the 1,294th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,189th in 2019) and the 18th 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 185 out of 1,004. Before him are Ernst Zermelo, Leo Perutz, Rafael Bombelli, Ibn Yunus, James Gregory, and Menaechmus. After him are Jan Łukasiewicz, Ahmes, Georg von Peuerbach, Jean Gaston Darboux, Hermann Grassmann, and Abu Nasr Mansur.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1860, Vito Volterra ranks 36. Before him are Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich of Russia, Karl Denke, René Lalique, Gyula Andrássy the Younger, Isaac Levitan, and Marianne von Werefkin. After him are Mercedes of Orléans, Gustave Charpentier, James McKeen Cattell, Archduke Charles Stephen of Austria, Otto Jespersen, and Jules Laforgue. Among people deceased in 1940, Vito Volterra ranks 33. Before him are Lluís Companys, Vsevolod Meyerhold, Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse, Michael Hainisch, Eugène Dubois, and Édouard Vuillard. After him are Katharina Schratt, Nicolae Iorga, Marcus Garvey, Saionji Kinmochi, Gunnar Asplund, and Princess Maria of Greece and Denmark.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Vito Volterra ranks 1,294 out of 5,161. Before him are Archduke Rainer Joseph of Austria (1783), Prince Carlos of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1870), Archduchess Maria Clementina of Austria (1777), Alessandro Stradella (1643), Princess Maria Clotilde of Savoy (1843), and Philippe Buonarroti (1761). After him are Giovanni Papini (1881), Francesco Maria Piave (1810), Gianni Vattimo (1936), Lucilio Vanini (1585), Amintore Fanfani (1908), and Mario Del Monaco (1915).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Italy

Among mathematicians born in Italy, Vito Volterra ranks 18. Before him are Lodovico Ferrari (1522), Aloysius Lilius (1510), Vincenzo Viviani (1622), Scipione del Ferro (1465), Giambattista della Porta (1535), and Rafael Bombelli (1526). After him are Giovanni Ceva (1647), Tullio Levi-Civita (1873), Paolo Ruffini (1765), Jacopo Riccati (1676), Lorenzo Mascheroni (1750), and Giambattista Benedetti (1530).

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