Vincenzo Flauti (4 April 178220 June 1863) was an Italian
mathematician
A mathematician is someone who uses an extensive knowledge of mathematics in their work, typically to solve mathematical problems. Mathematicians are concerned with numbers, data, quantity, mathematical structure, structure, space, Mathematica ...
, professor in the
university of Naples
The University of Naples Federico II (; , ) is a public university, public research university in Naples, Campania, Italy. Established in 1224 and named after its founder, Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, Frederick II, it is the oldest public, s ...
.
Life and work
Flauti studied at the ''Liceo del Salvatore'', the school led by
Nicola Fergola. Although he began medical studies, he changed them to mathematics influenced by his master Fergola. He taught at the
University of Naples
The University of Naples Federico II (; , ) is a public university, public research university in Naples, Campania, Italy. Established in 1224 and named after its founder, Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, Frederick II, it is the oldest public, s ...
from 1803 to 1860, succeeding Fergola in his chair in 1812.
In 1860, when the
Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
The Kingdom of the Two Sicilies () was a kingdom in Southern Italy from 1816 to 1861 under the control of the House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, a cadet branch of the House of Bourbon, Bourbons. The kingdom was the largest sovereign state by popula ...
was conquered by Giuseppe Garibaldi and was incorporated into the Kingdom of Italy, Flauti was excluded from the Academy of Sciences of Naples and from his docent duties, because he had been a supporter of the
Bourbon monarchy.
Flauti was the leader of the synthetic school of mathematics founded by Fergola. In 1807, jointly with Felice Giannattasio, he was entrusted by the Bourbon government to write a mathematics textbook for all schoolchildren in the kingdom.
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19th-century Italian mathematicians
1782 births
1863 deaths
Academic staff of the University of Naples Federico II
Italian mathematicians
Italian mathematics educators
Scientists from the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
Scientists from the Kingdom of Naples
Academics from Naples
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