Beniamino Segre
Beniamino Segre | |
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| Born | 16 February 1903 Turin, Italy |
| Died | 2 October 1977 (aged 74) Frascati, Italy |
| Known for | Segre's theorem Segre class Segre surface |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | |
| Thesis | Genera della curva doppia per la varieta di S_4 che annulla un determinante simmetrico (1923) |
| Doctoral advisor | Corrado Segre |
| Other academic advisors | Francesco Severi |
| President of the Accademia nazionale delle scienze | |
| In office 6 May 1974 – 22 September 1977 | |
| Preceded by | Domenico Marotta |
| Succeeded by | Pietro Di Mattei |
Beniamino Segre (16 February 1903 – 2 October 1977) was an Italian mathematician who is remembered today as a major contributor to algebraic geometry and one of the founders of finite geometry.