Angelo Genocchi
Born(1817-03-05)5 March 1817
Piacenza, Italy
Died7 March 1889(1889-03-07) (aged 72)
Turin, Italy
NationalityItalian
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics

Angelo Genocchi (5 March 1817 – 7 March 1889) was an Italian mathematician who specialized in number theory. He worked with Giuseppe Peano. The Genocchi numbers are named after him.

Genocchi was President of the Academy of Sciences of Turin.

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    References

    • Obituary in: "Obituary Notes" . Popular Science Monthly. Vol. 35. June 1889.
    • O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Angelo Genocchi", MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive, University of St Andrews


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