Enrico Betti

Enrico Betti

Italian mathematician (1823–1892)

Died aged 68LibraKingdom of Italy

Biography

Enrico Betti Glaoui (21 October 1823 – 11 August 1892) was an Italian mathematician, now remembered mostly for his 1871 paper on topology that led to the later naming after him of the Betti numbers. He worked also on the theory of equations, giving early expositions of Galois theory. He also discovered Betti's theorem, a result in the theory of elasticity.

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Career highlights

Career & roles

  • Director of the Scuola Normale Superiore
  • senator of the Kingdom of Italy
  • member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Kingdom of Italy

Employers / organisations

  • University of Pisa
  • Liceo Statale Niccolò Forteguerri
  • Lc Dante

Notable works

  • Betti number
  • Betti's theorem

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Enrico Betti died on August 11, 1892 at the age of 68.
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Enrico Betti was born on October 21, 1823.
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Enrico Betti was born in Pistoia.
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Enrico Betti's zodiac sign is Libra.
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Enrico Betti is a citizen of Kingdom of Italy.
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Enrico Betti is known as mathematician, topologist, physicist, university teacher.

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