Giuseppe Lauricella

Giuseppe Lauricella (1867–1913) was an Italian mathematician who is remembered today for his contributions to analysis and the theory of elasticity.[1][2]

Giuseppe Lauricella
Born	1867 (1867) Agrigento, Italy
Died	1913 (aged 45–46) Catania, Italy
Alma mater	University of Pisa
Scientific career
Fields	Mathematics
Institutions	University of Catania

Born in Agrigento (Sicily), he studied at the University of Pisa, where his professors included Luigi Bianchi, Ulisse Dini and Vito Volterra. He taught in secondary schools from 1895 to 1898, then became a professor at the University of Catania. He died in Catania at age 45 from scarlet fever which he contracted from one of his children.

In 1907 he also became a member of the Accademia dei Lincei. He was an Invited Speaker of the ICM in 1908 in Rome.[3]

Contributions

• Lauricella hypergeometric series ${\displaystyle F_{A},F_{B},F_{C},F_{D}}$
• Lauricella's theorem (regarding orthogonal functions)
• Sherman–Lauricella integral equation of elasticity

Notes

1. L. Silla, L. (1913). "Personale accademico. Giuseppe Lauricella". Boll. Mathesis (in Italian). 5: 34–40.
2. Lauricella, Giuseppi — Treccani, Dizionario-Biografico (in Italian)
3. Lauricella, G. (1909). "Sull'equazione Δ²ⁱV = 0 e su alcune estensioni delle equazioni dell'equilibrio dei corpi elastici isotropi" (PDF). In G. Castelnuovo (ed.). Atti del IV Congresso Internazionale dei Matematici (Roma, 6–11 Aprile 1908). vol. 3. pp. 33–59. hathitrust link

References

• L. Silla, L. (1913). "Personale accademico. Giuseppe Lauricella". Boll. Mathesis (in Italian). 5: 34–40.
• Tricomi: La matematica italiana 1800-1950, 1962 (entry on Lauricella)