Mathematician:Jacopo Francesco Riccati

Mathematician
Count Jacopo Francesco Riccati was an aristocratic Italian mathematician and jurist from Venice.

Chiefly responsible for introducing 's ideas to Italy.

Best known for having founded the equation which bears his name.

Contributed towards 's 1748 work Instituzioni analitiche ad uso della gioventù italiana.

Nationality
Italian

History

 * Born: 28 May 1676 in Venice, Venetian Republic (now Italy)
 * Died: 15 April 1754 in Treviso, Venetian Republic (now Italy)

Theorems and Definitions

 * Riccati Equation
 * Special Riccati Equation

Books and Papers

 * 1722 -- 1723: Delia separazione delle indeterminate nelle equazioni differenziali di prima e di secondo grado, e della riduzione delle equazioni differenziali del secondo grado e d'altri gradi ulteriori
 * 1761: Opere