Gianfranco Cimmino

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Gianfranco Cimmino
Born(1908-03-12)12 March 1908
Died30 May 1989(1989-05-30) (aged 81)
NationalityItalian
Alma mater University of Naples Federico II
Known for
  • Distribution theory
  • Numerical solution of linear systems of equations
  • Theory of elliptic partial differential equations
  • Weak formulation of boundary values
Scientific career
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Doctoral advisor Mauro Picone

Gianfranco Cimmino (12 March 1908 – 30 May 1989) was an Italian mathematician, working mathematical analysis, numerical analysis, and theory of elliptic partial differential equations: he is known for being the first mathematician generalizing in a weak sense the notion of boundary value in a boundary value problem, [1] [2] and for doing an influential work in numerical analysis. [3]

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  • Cimmino, Gianfranco (1938), "Calcolo approssimato per le soluzioni dei sistemi di equazioni lineari", La Ricerca Scientifica ed Il Progresso Tecnico Nell'economia Nazionale , Serie II (in Italian), 1: 326–333, MR   0497758, Zbl   0384.01020 .
  • Cimmino, Gianfranco (1988), "A conjecture on minimal surfaces", Atti della Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei. Rendiconti. Classe di Scienze Fisiche, Matematiche e Naturali , Serie VIII (in Italian), LXXXII (4): 639–644, MR   1139810, Zbl   0747.53009 .
  • Cimmino, Gianfranco (1989), "On some identities involving spherical means", Atti della Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei. Rendiconti. Classe di Scienze Fisiche, Matematiche e Naturali , Serie VIII (in Italian), LXXXIII (4): 69–72, MR   1142440, Zbl   0734.15009 .

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Notes

  1. ( Pini 1991 , p. 120), ( Scorza Dragoni 1991 , pp. 63–64) and ( Sbordone 2008 , p. 8).
  2. See also ( Miranda 1955 ) and its revised and translated second edition ( Miranda 1970 ).
  3. ( Benzi 2005 ).

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