Francesco Brioschi (22 December 1824 – 13 December 1897) was an Italian

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Brioschi was born in

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in 1824. He graduated from the Collegio Borromeo in 1847. From 1850 he taught

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at the

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. After the

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in 1861, he was elected to the

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and then appointed twice secretary of the Italian Education Ministry. In 1863 he founded the Polytechnic University of Milan, where he worked until his death, lecturing in

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, analytical mechanics and

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. In 1865 he entered the Senate of the Kingdom. In 1870 he became a member of the

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and in 1884 he succeeded Quintino Sella as president of the National Academy of the Lincei. He directed the ''Il Politecnico'' (''The Polytechnic'') review and, between 1867 and 1877, the ''Annali di Matematica Pura ed Applicata'' (''Annals of pure and applied mathematics''). He died in Milan in 1897. Francesco Brioschi grave Milan 2015

As a mathematician, Brioschi published in Italy various algebraic theories and studied the problem of solving fifth and sixth-degree equations using

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s. Brioschi is also remembered as a distinguished teacher: among his students at the University of Pavia, there were Eugenio Beltrami, Luigi Cremona and Felice Casorati.

Works

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Théorie des déterminants et leurs principales applications
(Mallet-Bachelier, Paris, 1856) (French translation of "La teorica dei determinanti e le sue principali applicazioni" by E. Combescure) * *
Opere matematiche di Francesco Brioschi. Pubblicate per cura del comitato per le onoranze a Francesco Brioschi
(G. Ascoli, E. Beltrami, G. Colombo, L. Cremona, G. Negri, G. Schiaparelli), vol. 1 (U. Hoepli, Milano, 1901–1909) * ''Opere matematiche di Francesco Brioschi pubblicate per cura del Comitato per le onoranze a Francesco Brioschi...'' (vols. 1-5) (U. Hoepli, Milano, 1901–1909) Brioschi, Francesco – Intorno ad alcuni punti della statica, 1853 – BEIC 12414595.jpg, ''Intorno ad alcuni punti della statica'', 1853 Francesco Brioschi – Delle traverse oblique alla direzione di un corso , 1866 - BEIC 6276027.tif, ''Delle traverse oblique alla direzione di un corso d'acqua'', 1866 Francesco Brioschi – Sopra un progetto di inchiesta idrometrica, 1867 - BEIC 6284562.tif, ''Sopra un progetto di inchiesta idrometrica'', 1867

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*''Grande Dizionario Enciclopedico'' (UTET, 1967) *''Enciclopedia Universal ''(Rizzoli-Larousse, 1967)

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Mac Tutor biography
* * Tricomi: La Matematica Italiana 1800-1950 (entry o

{{DEFAULTSORT:Brioschi 1824 births 1897 deaths Scientists from Milan 19th-century Italian mathematicians Academic staff of the University of Pavia Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Academic staff of the Polytechnic University of Milan

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