Alessandro Faedo

Alessandro Faedo
Born	18 November 1913 Chiampo, Vicenza
Died	16 June 2001 (aged 87)[1] Pisa
Nationality	Italian
Fields	Numerical analysis Mathematical analysis
Institutions	Università di Pisa
Alma mater	Università di Pisa
Doctoral advisor	Leonida Tonelli
Known for	Faedo–Galerkin method

Alessandro Faedo (18 November 1913 – 15 June 2001)^[1] (also known as Alessandro Carlo Faedo or Sandro Faedo) was an Italian mathematician and politician, born in Chiampo. He is known for his work in numerical analysis, leading to the Faedo–Galerkin method: he was one of the pupils of Leonida Tonelli and, after his death, he succeeded him on the chair of mathematical analysis at the University of Pisa, becoming dean of the faculty of sciences and then rector and exerting a strong positive influence on the development of the university.

Selected publications

Scientific works

• Faedo, Sandro (1949), "Un nuovo metodo per l'analisi esistenziale e quantitativa dei problemi di propagazione" [A new method for the existential and quantitative analysis of propagation problems], Annali della Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa. Classe di Scienze, Serie 3 (in Italian), 1 (1–4): 1–41, MR 0032904, Zbl 0033.27502.
• Faedo, Sandro (1957), "Su un principio di esistenza nell'analisi lineare" [On an existence principle in linar analysis], Annali della Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa. Classe di Scienze, Serie 3 (in Italian), 11 (1–2): 1–8, MR 96957, Zbl 0087.32304.
• Faedo, Sandro (1958), "Applicazione ai problemi di derivata obliqua di un principio esistenziale e di una legge di dualità fra le formule di maggiorazione" [Application to oblique derivative problems of an existence principle and a duality law between estimates], Rendiconti di Matematica e delle sue Applicazioni, V Serie, (in Italian), 16: 515–532, doi:10.1007/978-3-642-10918-8_4, MR 0096959, Zbl 0105.29902, (subscription required (help)).

Historical, commemorative and survey works

• Faedo, Sandro (1986), "Leonida Tonelli e la scuola matematica pisana", in Montalenti, G.; Amerio, L.; Acquaro, G.; Baiada, E.; et al., Convegno celebrativo del centenario della nascita di Mauro Picone e Leonida Tonelli (6–9 maggio 1985), Atti dei Convegni Lincei (in Italian), 77, Roma: Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, pp. 89–109. "Leonida Tonelli and the Pisa mathematical school" (English translation of the title) is a survey of the work of Tonelli in Pisa and his influence on the development of the school, presented at the International congress in occasion of the celebration of the centenary of birth of Mauro Picone and Leonida Tonelli (held in Rome on 6–9 May 1985).
• Faedo, Sandro (1997), "Come Ennio De Giorgi giunse alla Scuola Normale Superiore" [How Ennio De Giorgi came to the Scuola Normale Superiore], Annali della Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa. Classe di Scienze, Serie 4 (in Italian), 11 (3–4): 433–434, MR 1655526, Zbl 1001.01502, is a brief commemorative historical paper describing the events which led Ennio De Giorgi to held a chair at the Scuola Normale Superiore.

See also

• Calculus of variation
• Variational method
• Ritz method

Notes

1. According to Letta (2001), Miranda (2005, p. 3) and as reported by The editorial board of the "Architetture Pisane" journal (2006, p. 13). In the obituary appeared on the 2nd issue of volume 6 (2001, p.17) of the bulletin of the "Scuola Normale Superiore" Students' association, the date reported is 15 June 2001.

References

Biographical and general references

• Bottazzini, Umberto (2010), "La Scuola matematica pisana (1860–1960)" [The Pisan mathematica school (1860-1960)], Annali di Storia delle Università italiane (in Italian), 14.
• Festinese, Giuseppe; Paoloni, Giovanni, eds. (2013), "I presidenti: Alessandro Faedo", Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche. L’impresa scientifica 1923–2013 (PDF), Roma: CNR Edizioni, p. 192. "The presidents: Alessandro Faedo" (English translation of title) is a brief biographical chapter on Alessandro Faedo published in the book celebrating the first 90th years of the CNR.
• Letta, Giorgio (August–September 2001), Scomparsa di Alessandro Faedo [The passing of Alessandro Faedo], Unione Matematica Italiana, retrieved 9 February 2014. A short commemoration of Alessandro Faedo written by Giorgio Letta for the Notiziario UMI and published online on the old web site of the Unione Matematica Italiana, preserved in its original form by the Internet Archive, but also available here from the University Library Service of the University of Pisa.
• Miranda, Mario (5 June 2005), La riforma universitaria e gli studi scientifici. La matematica e la fisica nel biennio propedeutico [University reform and scientific studies. Mathematics and physics in the preparatory biennium], Discorsi in occasione delle Adunanze Solenni dell'Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti (in Italian), Venezia: Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti, pp. 1–3. The inaugural address given by Mario Miranda during the official 2005 meeting of the Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti.
• The Editorial Board (October 2001), "La scomparsa di Alessandro Faedo" [The passing of Alessandro Faedo] (PDF), Normale. Bollettino dell'Associazione Normalisti (in Italian), IV (2): 17 is a short obituary notice published few months after the death of Alessandro Faedo.
• The Editorial Board (2006), "Alessandro Faedo. Un grande matematico e innovatore dell'Università italiana" (PDF), Residenze universitarie: il collegio "Alessandro Faedo" nell'area ex Forest, Architetture Pisane (in Italian), speciale 3, Pisa: Edizioni ETS, pp. 12–13, ISBN 88-467-1566-7. "Alessandro Faedo. A leading mathematician and innovator of Italian University" (English translation of the title) is a short commemoration of Alessandro Faedo, cured by the editorial board of the "Architetture Pisane" architecture journal. It was published in a special issue on the Collegio Faedo, the university college named after him in Pisa, and reissued in book form.
• Magenes, Enrico (June 2003), "Sandro Faedo mathematico" [Sandro Faedo mathematician], Normale. Bollettino dell'Associazione Normalisti (in Italian), VI (1): 2–5. A commemorative paper focusing mainly on Faedo's results in mathematics, while sketching only briefly his work as a research organizer and as a teacher.
• Rossi, Paolo (2012), "Le quattro stagioni degli scienziati pisani" (PDF), L'organizzazione dei saperi all'Università di Pisa. Dalle Facoltà ai nuovi dipartimenti [The organization of knowledge at the University of Pisa. From faculties to the new departments] (in Italian), Pisa: Pisa University Press, pp. 1–24, ISBN 9788867410767. "The four seasons of Pisan scientists" a paper describing the historical development of the scientific faculties at the University of Pisa.

Scientific references

• Benzi, Michele; Toscano, Elena (May 2014), "Mauro Picone, Sandro Faedo, and the Numerical Solution of Partial Differential Equations in Italy (1928–1953)", Numerical Algorithms, 66 (1): 105–145, doi:10.1007/s11075-013-9727-6, MR 3197360, Zbl 06302065, previously published as Mauro Picone, Sandro Faedo, and the Numerical Solution of Partial Differential Equations in Italy (1928–1953) (PDF), Math/CS Technical Report, TR-2013-003, March 2013, p. 33.
• Orlando, Lucia (March 2004), "The SIRIO satellite, 1968–1977: Between scientific engagement and managerial inexperience", Historical Studies in the Physical and Biological Sciences, 34 (2): 371–398, doi:10.1525/hsps.2004.34.2.371, JSTOR 10.1525/hsps.2004.34.2.371, (subscription required (help)).

External links

• O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F. (May 2013), "Alessandro Faedo", MacTutor History of Mathematics archive, University of St Andrews.