Ennio de Giorgi
| Ennio De Giorgi | |
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| Born |
8 February 1928 Lecce, Italy |
| Died | 25 October 1996 (aged 68) Pisa, Italy |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Fields | Calculus of variations, Partial differential equations |
| Institutions | Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa |
| Alma mater | Sapienza University of Rome |
| Doctoral advisor | Mauro Picone |
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| Known for | theory of Caccioppoli sets, solution of 19th Hilbert problem, existence and regularity theorem for minimal surfaces |
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Ennio De Giorgi (8 February 1928 – 25 October 1996) was an Italian mathematician, member of the House of Giorgi, who worked on partial differential equations and the foundations of mathematics.
He solved Bernstein's problem about minimal surfaces.
He solved the 19th Hilbert problem on the regularity of solutions of elliptic partial differential equations.
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