Jacopo Riccati
Jacopo Riccati | |
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Venetian Republic | |
Nationality | Italian |
Alma mater | University of Padua (LL.D., 1696) |
Known for | Riccati equation |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematician |
Notable students | Vincenzo Riccati |
Notes | |
Father of Vincenzo Riccati and Giordano Riccati. |
Jacopo Francesco Riccati (28 May 1676 – 15 April 1754) was a Venetian mathematician and jurist from Venice. He is best known for having studied the equation which bears his name.
Education
Riccati was educated first at the Jesuit school for the nobility in
Career
Riccati received various academic offers but declined them in order to devote his full attention to the study of mathematical analysis on his own.
He was often consulted by the
Some of his work on
The Riccati equation is named after him.
Personal life
His father,
Jacopo's son,
A second son, Giordano Riccati was the first to measure the ratio of Young's moduli of metals—preceding the better known Thomas Young by 25 years.[citation needed]
Honors
Jacopo Riccati was named honorary Academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Institute of Bologna in 1723.
Notes and references
- ^ Agnesi, Maria Gaetana (1801). "The author's preface to the reader". Analytical Institutions. Translated by Colson, John. London: Taylor and Wilks. p. XXIII.
Works
- [Opere] (in Italian). Vol. 1. Lucca: Iacopo Giusti. 1761.
- [Opere] (in Italian). Vol. 2. Lucca: Iacopo Giusti. 1762.
- [Opere] (in Italian). Vol. 3. Lucca: Iacopo Giusti. 1764.
- [Opere] (in Italian). Vol. 4. Lucca: Giuseppe Rocchi. 1765.
External links
- O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Jacopo Riccati", MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive, University of St Andrews