Biography:Cristoforo Alasia de Quesada
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Short description: Italian mathematician (1864–1918)
Cristoforo Alasia de Quesada | |
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| Born | November 21, 1864 Sassari, Sardinia, Italy |
| Died | November 19, 1918 (aged 53) Albenga, Italy |
| Alma mater | University of Cagliari University of Turin University of Rome La Sapienza |
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| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | High schools |
Cristoforo Alasia de Quesada (1864–1918) was an Italian mathematician.
Life and work
Alasia studied at the universities of Turin (under Enrico D'Ovidio and Giuseppe Peano)[1] and Rome (under Luigi Cremona). In 1893 began his academic career as mathematics professor in different high schools at Sassari, Tempio Pausania, Oristano, Ozieri, Brindisi and, finally, at Albenga.[2]
Alasia was well known at the beginning of 20th century for he was the founder of Le Matematiche Pure e Applicate,[3] a journal devoted to the improvement of scientific knowledge of mathematics teachers.[4]
References
- ↑ Halsted 1902, p. 183.
- ↑ Fedriani 1960, p. Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani.
- ↑ Furinghetti 2012, p. 190.
- ↑ Enea 2018, p. 395.
Bibliography
- Enea, Maria Rosaria (2018). "Circulation of an editorial model: The case-study of the short-lived Le Matematiche Pure ed Applicate". Historia Mathematica 45 (4): 395–413. doi:10.1016/j.hm.2018.10.003. ISSN 0315-0860.
- Furinghetti, Fulvia (2002). "Il Bolletino della Mathesis dal 1909 al 1920: pulsione tra teme didattici intermazionali e nazionali". in Giorgio Bolondi (in Italian). Pristem storia. Note di matematica, storia, cultura, Volum 5. Springer. pp. 31–. ISBN 978-88-470-0177-0. https://books.google.com/books?id=N7iqj88J8K0C.
- Furinghetti, Fulvia (2012). "Secondary teachers in the unified Italy: a group portrait with a zoom". in Kristín Bjarnadóttir. Dig where you stand 2. Proceedings of the second International conference on the history of mathematics education. UIED. pp. 181–202. ISBN 978-989-97487-2-9. https://books.google.com/books?id=7ykLkAEACAAJ.
- Halsted, George Bruce (1902). "Cristoforo Alasia". The American Mathematical Monthly 9 (8–9): 183–185. doi:10.1080/00029890.1902.12000862. ISSN 0002-9890.
External links
- O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Cristoforo Alasia de Quesada", MacTutor History of Mathematics archive, University of St Andrews, http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Alasia.html.
- Fedriani, Ricciotti (1960). "Alasia, Cristoforo". Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani. http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/cristoforo-alasia_(Dizionario-Biografico).
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