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'''Gregorio Fontana''' (7 December 1735 – 24 August 1803) was an [[Italy|Italian]] [[mathematician]]. He was chair of mathematics at the university of [[Pavia]] succeeding [[Roger Joseph Boscovich]]. He has been credited with the introduction of [[polar coordinates]].<ref>{{cite book|author=David Eugene Smith|title=History of mathematics|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=uTytJGnTf1kC&pg=PA324|accessdate=13 August 2011|date=1 June 1958|publisher=Courier Dover Publications|isbn=978-0-486-20430-7|pages=324–}}</ref><ref>Marie-Nicolas Bouillet and Alexis Chassang ''Gregorio Fontana'' in ''Dictionnaire universel d’histoire et de géographie'', 1878</ref>
'''Gregorio Fontana''', born '''Giovanni Battista Lorenzo Fontana''' (7 December 1735 – 24 August 1803) was an Italian [[mathematician]] and a religious of the [[Piarists|Piarist]] order. He was chair of mathematics at the university of [[Pavia]] succeeding [[Roger Joseph Boscovich]]. He has been credited with the introduction of [[polar coordinates]].<ref>{{cite book|author=David Eugene Smith|title=History of mathematics|url=https://archive.org/details/historyofmathema0002smit|url-access=registration|accessdate=13 August 2011|date=1 June 1958|publisher=Courier Dover Publications|isbn=978-0-486-20430-7|pages=[https://archive.org/details/historyofmathema0002smit/page/324 324]–}}</ref><ref>Marie-Nicolas Bouillet and Alexis Chassang ''Gregorio Fontana'' in ''Dictionnaire universel d’histoire et de géographie'', 1878</ref>


His brother was the [[physicist]] [[Felice Fontana]] (1730–1805).
His brother was the [[physicist]] [[Felice Fontana]] (1730–1805).

== Works ==
* {{cite book
|title= Analyseos sublimioris opuscula
|date= 1763
|language= la
|url= https://gutenberg.beic.it/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=1518748
⚫
}}
* {{cite book
|publisher= Bolzani, Giuseppe
|title= Delle altezze barometriche e di alcuni insigni paradossi relativi alle medesime
|date= 1771
|url= https://gutenberg.beic.it/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=1519047
}}
* {{cite book
|title= Dissertazione idrodinamica
|date= 1775
|url= https://gutenberg.beic.it/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=1519402
}}
* {{cite book
|title= Disquisitiones physico-mathematicae
|date= 1780
|language= la
|url= https://gutenberg.beic.it/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=1519701
}}
* {{cite book
|title= Dissertazione sul computo dell'errore probabile nelle sperienze ed osservazioni
|url= https://gutenberg.beic.it/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=586027
|year = 1781
}}
* {{cite book
|publisher= Comino, Baldassare
|title= Ricerche sopra diversi punti concernenti l'analisi infinitesimale e la sua applicazione alla fisica
|date= 1793
|url= https://gutenberg.beic.it/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=4267569
}}

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Gregorio Fontana – Dissertazione idrodinamica sopra il quesito cercar, 1775 - BEIC 1519402.jpg|''Dissertazione idrodinamica'', 1775
Gregorio Fontana – Ricerche sopra diversi punti concernenti l'analisi infinitesimale e la sua applicazione alla fisica, 1793 – BEIC 4267569.jpg|''Ricerche sopra diversi punti concernenti l'analisi infinitesimale e la sua applicazione alla fisica'', 1793
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==References==
==References==
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| DATE OF BIRTH = December 7, 1735
| PLACE OF BIRTH = [[Nogaredo]], Italy
| DATE OF DEATH = August 24, 1803
| PLACE OF DEATH = [[Milan]], Italy
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Latest revision as of 13:32, 12 January 2023

For the Italian radical of the same name, see Gregorio Fontana (radical).
Gregorio Fontana
Born(1735-12-07)7 December 1735
Nogaredo, Italy
Died24 August 1803(1803-08-24) (aged 67)
Milan, Italy
NationalityItalian
Known forpolar coordinates
Scientific career
FieldsGeometry
Notable studentsPietro Paoli

Gregorio Fontana, born Giovanni Battista Lorenzo Fontana (7 December 1735 – 24 August 1803) was an Italian mathematician and a religious of the Piarist order. He was chair of mathematics at the university of Pavia succeeding Roger Joseph Boscovich. He has been credited with the introduction of polar coordinates.[1][2]

His brother was the physicist Felice Fontana (1730–1805).

Works

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  • Analyseos sublimioris opuscula (in Latin). 1763.
  • Delle altezze barometriche e di alcuni insigni paradossi relativi alle medesime. Bolzani, Giuseppe. 1771.
  • Dissertazione idrodinamica. 1775.
  • Disquisitiones physico-mathematicae (in Latin). 1780.
  • Dissertazione sul computo dell'errore probabile nelle sperienze ed osservazioni. 1781.
  • Ricerche sopra diversi punti concernenti l'analisi infinitesimale e la sua applicazione alla fisica. Comino, Baldassare. 1793.
  • Dissertazione idrodinamica, 1775
    Dissertazione idrodinamica, 1775
  • Ricerche sopra diversi punti concernenti l'analisi infinitesimale e la sua applicazione alla fisica, 1793
    Ricerche sopra diversi punti concernenti l'analisi infinitesimale e la sua applicazione alla fisica, 1793

References

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  1. ^ David Eugene Smith (1 June 1958). History of mathematics. Courier Dover Publications. pp. 324–. ISBN 978-0-486-20430-7. Retrieved 13 August 2011.
  2. ^ Marie-Nicolas Bouillet and Alexis Chassang Gregorio Fontana in Dictionnaire universel d’histoire et de géographie, 1878


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