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Leonida Tonelli
1885 – 1946
About this person
Wikipedia SummaryLeonida Tonelli was an Italian mathematician, noted for proving Tonelli's theorem, a variation of Fubini's theorem, and for introducing semicontinuity methods as a common tool for the direct method in the calculus of variations.
Biographical & Professional Details
Date of birth
April 19, 1885
Gallipoli
Date of death
March 12, 1946
Pisa
Citizenship
Kingdom of Italy
Occupations & fields
mathematicianuniversity teacher
Awards & honours
War Merit Cross (Italy)Bronze Medal of Military ValourBressa PrizeMathematical Prize of the Italian Academy of Sciences
Notable works
Tonelli's theoremTonelli–Hobson test
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