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{{Short description|Italian mathematician (1735–1803)}} |
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'''Gregorio Fontana''' (7 December 1735 – 24 August 1803) was an [[ |
'''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> |
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His brother was the [[physicist]] [[Felice Fontana]] (1730–1805). |
His brother was the [[physicist]] [[Felice Fontana]] (1730–1805). |
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== Works == |
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* {{cite book |
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|title= Analyseos sublimioris opuscula |
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|date= 1763 |
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|url= https://gutenberg.beic.it/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=1518748 |
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|publisher= Bolzani, Giuseppe |
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|title= Delle altezze barometriche e di alcuni insigni paradossi relativi alle medesime |
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|date= 1771 |
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|url= https://gutenberg.beic.it/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=1519047 |
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* {{cite book |
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|title= Dissertazione idrodinamica |
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|date= 1775 |
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|url= https://gutenberg.beic.it/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=1519402 |
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|title= Disquisitiones physico-mathematicae |
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|date= 1780 |
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|url= https://gutenberg.beic.it/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=1519701 |
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|title= Dissertazione sul computo dell'errore probabile nelle sperienze ed osservazioni |
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|url= https://gutenberg.beic.it/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=586027 |
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|year = 1781 |
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|publisher= Comino, Baldassare |
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|title= Ricerche sopra diversi punti concernenti l'analisi infinitesimale e la sua applicazione alla fisica |
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|date= 1793 |
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|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 |
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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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{{Persondata <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]]. --> |
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| NAME = Fontana, Gregorio |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION = Italian mathematician |
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| DATE OF BIRTH = December 7, 1735 |
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| PLACE OF BIRTH = [[Nogaredo]], Italy |
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| DATE OF DEATH = August 24, 1803 |
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| PLACE OF DEATH = [[Milan]], Italy |
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Latest revision as of 13:32, 12 January 2023
Gregorio Fontana | |
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Born | Nogaredo, Italy | 7 December 1735
Died | 24 August 1803 Milan, Italy | (aged 67)
Nationality | Italian |
Known for | polar coordinates |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Geometry |
Notable students | Pietro 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
[edit]- 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.
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Dissertazione idrodinamica, 1775
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Ricerche sopra diversi punti concernenti l'analisi infinitesimale e la sua applicazione alla fisica, 1793
References
[edit]- ^ David Eugene Smith (1 June 1958). History of mathematics. Courier Dover Publications. pp. 324–. ISBN 978-0-486-20430-7. Retrieved 13 August 2011.
- ^ Marie-Nicolas Bouillet and Alexis Chassang Gregorio Fontana in Dictionnaire universel d’histoire et de géographie, 1878