Antonio Signorini
| Antonio Signorini | |
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| Born |
2 April 1888 Arezzo, Italy |
| Died | 23 February 1963 (aged 74) Roma, Italy |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Fields |
Continuum mechanics Constitutive equations External ballistics Finite strain theory |
| Institutions |
University of Palermo University of Naples Federico II Università di Roma |
| Alma mater |
Scuola Normale Superiore (1909) (Mathematics degree) University of Palermo (1921) (Civil engineering degree) |
| Doctoral advisor | Gian Antonio Maggi |
| Other academic advisors |
Luigi Bianchi Tullio Levi-Civita |
| Doctoral students |
Carlo Cattaneo Ida Cattaneo Gasparini Piero Giorgio Bordoni Giuseppe Grioli Giuseppe Tedone Carlo Tolotti |
| Other notable students | Gaetano Fichera |
| Known for |
Signorini expansion Signorini problem |
| Notable awards |
Lavagna prize (1909) Golden medal of the Accademia Nazionale delle Scienze detta dei XL (1920) |
Antonio Signorini (2 April 1888 – 23 February 1963) was an influential Italian mathematical physicist and civil engineer of the 20th century. He is known for his work in finite elasticity, thermoelasticity and for formulating the Signorini problem.
He was awarded the gold medal of the Accademia Nazionale delle Scienze detta dei XL in 1920, while he was working at the University of Palermo: the members of the judging commission were Luigi Bianchi, Guido Castelnuovo and Tullio Levi-Civita.
In 1924, on the 8th of June, he was elected ordinary non resident member of the mathematics division of the Accademia Pontaniana.
On the 30th of May 1931 he was elected corresponding member of the Società Nazionale di Scienze, Lettere e Arti in Napoli: later on, precisely on the 11th of February 1933 and on the 4th of June 1949 he was elected, respectively, ordinary member and ordinary non resident member of the same academy.
He was elected corresponding member of the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei on July 15, 1935, and then national member on February 4, 1947. However, he was newer awarded the royal prize of this academy, because he became a very early a member of it, thus losing the right to win a prize.
While only very few scientists between 1845 and 1945 studied the foundations of continuum mechanics, among them there were some of the most distinguished savants of the period: (...). In that period, however, many papers on the subject were published. When not essentially repetitions of earlier studies, these concerned special theories or approximations, most of which have turned later to be unnecessary in the cases when they are justified. Knowledge of the true principles of the general theory seems to have diminished except in Italy, where it was kept alive by the teaching and writing of Signorini.
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