Godofredo García

Godofredo García (born in Lima, Peru, November 8, 1888 - July 16, 1970) was a Peruvian mathematician and engineer. He is the author of more than 80 publications covering mathematics, physics, astronomy, astrophysics and engineering.

Background

He studied at the Colegio de Lima, under Pedro A. Labarthe. In 1906 he entered the Faculty of Sciences of the National University of San Marcos, where he received a bachelor degree (1909) and later his doctorate degree in Mathematical Sciences (1912), with his thesis on "Singular points of flat curves" and "Resistance of Columns of reinforced concrete ", respectively. Simultaneously, he studied in the School of Engineers of Peru, now called National Engineering University (1908-1910), graduating from civil engineer in 1911.

From 1913, he taught at the Military School of Chorrillos, where he was in charge of the courses of Flat, Descriptive and Analytical Geometry, Infinitesimal Calculus, Rational Mechanics and Exterior Ballistics. He was also professor of Rational Mechanics in the Faculty of Sciences of the University of San Marcos beginning in 1919, and later served as dean (1928-1940). He became Rector (1941-1943). He was also a professor at the School of Engineers. He corresponded with Albert Einstein.

In the 1930s he worked with the Polish mathematician Alfred Rosenblatt in San Marcos. In 1938, together with Rosenblatt and other San Marcos mathematicians, he founded the National Academy of Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences of Peru, an institution that he presided over from 1960 until his death in 1970. He also directed the publication "Actas de la Academia".

He was awarded the national prize for scientific research, in recognition of his achievements in the field of mathematical sciences and his "Exact equations and exact solutions to the movement and stresses of viscous fluids" (1948).

He organized conferences in Lima with the participation of Tullio Levi-Civita, Arthur Compton and Garret Birkhoff, among others; In each conference, Godofredo García presented a review of the work of these outstanding scientists.

He married Alicia Rendón (Ecuadorian), had four children.

Bibliography

  • Lessons of Rational Mechanics, UNMSM; 1937.
  • On a New Cosmogonic Theory, 1940.
  • Algebraic Analysis, Ed. Sanmarti, 1955.

References

    • Carranza, César. “La Matemática en el Perú”. Discurso pronunciado en XXIII Coloquio Nacional de Matemática, Lambayeque, 2004.
    • Samamé Boggio, Mario: “Godofredo García Díaz”, pg.71-81 de Hacer ciencia en el Perú. Biografías de ocho científicos. Lima, 1990.
    • Tauro del Pino, Alberto (2001): Enciclopedia Ilustrada del Perú. Tercera Edición. Tomo 7. FER/GUZ. Lima, PEISA. ISBN 9972-40-156-1


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