Mathematician:Gino Fano

Mathematician

Italian mathematician best known as the founder of the finite geometry.

Nationality

Italian

History

• Born: 5 January 1871 in Mantua, Italy
• Died: 8 November 1952 in Verona, Italy

Theorems and Definitions

• Fano Plane

Definitions of concepts named for Gino Fano can be found here.

Publications

• 1892: Sui postulati fondamentali della geometria proiettiva (Giornale di Matematiche Vol. 30: pp. 106 – 132)

• 1914: Lezioni di geometria descrittiva
• 1930: Lezioni di geometria analitica e proiettiva (with Alessandro Terracini

Sources

• John J. O'Connor and Edmund F. Robertson: "Gino Fano": MacTutor History of Mathematics archive

• 1991: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Geometry ... (previous) ... (next): A Chronological List Of Mathematicians