Angelo Genocchi

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.

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
InfluencedGiuseppe Peano

Genocchi was President of the Academy of Sciences of Turin.

Notes

    References
    • Obituary in:  "Obituary Notes" . Popular Science Monthly. 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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