Vito Volterra
Vito Volterra | |
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| Born | 3 May 1860 Ancona, Papal States |
| Died | 11 October 1940 (aged 80) Rome, Kingdom of Italy |
| Alma mater | University of Pisa Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa |
| Known for | Volterra integral equation Volterra operator Lotka–Volterra equations Volterra lattice |
| Awards | ForMemRS |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | University of Pisa University of Turin Sapienza University of Rome |
| Doctoral advisor | Enrico Betti |
| Doctoral students | Paul Lévy Joseph Pérès Cornelia Fabri |
| President of the Accademia nazionale delle scienze | |
| In office 29 October 1918 – 10 November 1920 | |
| Preceded by | Ulisse Dini |
| Succeeded by | Emanuele Paternò |
Vito Volterra KBE FRS(For) HFRSE (/voʊlˈtɛrə/, Italian: [ˈviːto volˈtɛrra]; 3 May 1860 – 11 October 1940) was an Italian mathematician and physicist, known for his contributions to mathematical biology and integral equations, being one of the founders of functional analysis.