De Giorgi, Ennio

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Name
De Giorgi, Ennio Gender: M
De Giorgi, Ennio Raffaele Paolo
born on 8 February 1928 at 17:00 (= 5:00 PM )
Place Lecce, Italy, 40n23, 18e11
Timezone CET h1e (is standard time)
Data source
Quoted BC/BR
Rodden Rating AA
Collector: Starkman
Astrology data s_su.18.gif s_aqucol.18.gif 18°40' s_mo.18.gif s_vircol.18.gif 22°13 Asc.s_leocol.18.gif 17°06'



Portrait of Ennio De Giorgi 
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Ennio De Giorgi
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Biography

Italian mathematician, member of the House of Giorgi, who worked on partial differential equations and the foundations of mathematics.

He solved Bernstein's problem about minimal surfaces. as well as the 19th Hilbert problem on the regularity of solutions of elliptic partial differential equations.

In 1990 he was awarded the Wolf Prize.

He died 25 October 1996 in Pisa.

Link to Wikipedia biography

Source Notes

Starkman quotes the biography A Pure Soul: Ennio De Giorgi, A Mathematical Genius by Andres Pariangell : " on 8 February 1928 at 5 pm, Ennio Rafaele Paolo De Giorgi was born... from birth certificate"

Categories

  • Vocation : Science : Mathematics/ Statistics
  • Notable : Awards : Other Awards (wolf prize)