Nationality Italian | Name Enrico Betti Doctoral advisor Giuseppe Doveri Role Mathematician | |
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Doctoral students Cesare ArzelaLuigi BianchiUlisse DiniFederigo EnriquesGregorio Ricci-CurbastroVito Volterra Known for Betti numbersBetti's theorem Died August 11, 1892, Terricciola, Italy Notable students Vito Volterra, Ulisse Dini, Luigi Bianchi, Gregorio Ricci-Curbastro, Federigo Enriques, Cesare Arzela Similar People Ottaviano‑Fabrizio Mossotti, Ulisse Dini, Luigi Bianchi, Vito Volterra, Gregorio Ricci‑Curbastro | ||
Enrico Betti
Enrico Betti (21 October 1823 – 11 August 1892) was an Italian mathematician, now remembered mostly for his 1871 paper on topology that led to the later naming after him of the Betti numbers. He worked also on the theory of equations, giving early expositions of Galois theory. He also discovered Betti's theorem, a result in the theory of elasticity.
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Biography
Betti was born in Pistoia, Tuscany. He graduated from the University of Pisa in 1846 under Giuseppe Doveri (1792–1857). In Pisa, he was also a student of Ottaviano Fabrizio Mossotti and Carlo Matteucci. After a time teaching, he held an appointment there from 1857. In 1858 he toured Europe with Francesco Brioschi and Felice Casorati, meeting Bernhard Riemann. Later he worked in the area of theoretical physics opened up by Riemann's work. He was also closely involved in academic politics, and the politics of the new Italian state.