The correspondences between the mathematicians Brioschi, Cremona, Betti and Genocchi during Italian unification

• Autores: Nicola Palladino
• Localización: The Circulation of Science and Technology: Proceedings of the 4th International Conference of the European Society for the History of Science. Barcelona, 18-20 November 2010 / coord. por Antoni M. Roca Rosell, 2012, ISBN 978-84-9965-108-8, págs. 934-939
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • In the 50s of the nineteenth century, there was the necessity to organize new structures in the borning Italian State: the Unification of Italy marked a turning point not only in the political life of the Country, but also in the organization and content of university education and scientific research. A group of mathematicians helped to build the foundation for the renewal and development of Italian mathematics that took place in the following decades. This group included, among others, Francesco Brioschi (1824-1897), Enrico Betti (1823-1892), Angelo Genocchi (1817-1889), and Luigi Cremona (1830-1903).

    I want to present here the epistolary correspondence between Brioschi and Cremona and Betti and Genocchi,1 covering the period from the mid to late 19th century, provide greater insight into scientific developments and political-institutional arrangements that took place at the time of the formation of the new unified Italian state.