Mathematician:Jacopo Francesco Riccati

Mathematician

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

Chiefly responsible for introducing Isaac Newton's ideas to Italy.

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

Contributed towards Maria Gaëtana Agnesi'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

Definitions of concepts named for Jacopo Francesco Riccati can be found here.

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

Sources

• John J. O'Connor and Edmund F. Robertson: "Jacopo Francesco Riccati": MacTutor History of Mathematics archive

• 1972: George F. Simmons: Differential Equations ... (previous) ... (next): Miscellaneous Problems for Chapter $2$: Problem $28$: Footnote
• 1989: Ephraim J. Borowski and Jonathan M. Borwein: Dictionary of Mathematics ... (previous) ... (next): Riccati equation