Algebraic Geometry between Tradition and Future : An Italian Perspective

Gilberto Bini

ISBN 10: 981198283X / ISBN 13: 9789811982835

Published by Springer, Springer, 2024

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Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - An incredible season for algebraic geometry flourished inItaly between 1860, when Luigi Cremona was assigned the chairof Geometria Superiore in Bologna, and 1959, when FrancescoSeveri published the last volume of the treatise on algebraicsystems over a surface and an algebraic variety. Thiscentury-long season has had a prominent influence on theevolution of complex algebraic geometry - both at the national and international levels - and still inspires modern researchin the area. 'Algebraic geometry in Italy between traditionand future' is a collection of contributions aiming atpresenting some of these powerful ideas and their connectionto contemporary and, if possible, future developments, such as Cremonian transformations, birational classification ofhigh-dimensional varieties starting from Gino Fano, the life andworks of Guido Castelnuovo, Francesco Severi's mathematicallibrary, etc. The presentation is enriched by the viewpointof various researchers of the history of mathematics, who describe the cultural milieu and tell about the bios of some ofthe most famous mathematicians of those times.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Algebraic Geometry between Tradition and Future : An Italian Perspective
• Publisher: Springer, Springer
• Publication Date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 981198283X
• ISBN 13: 9789811982835
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 235W x 155H x 21D millimeters 235 millimeters width by 155 millimeters height by 21 millimeters depth
• Weight: 581 grams

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Synopsis

An incredible season for algebraic geometry flourished in Italy between 1860, when Luigi Cremona was assigned the chair of Geometria Superiore in Bologna, and 1959, when Francesco Severi published the last volume of the treatise on algebraic systems over a surface and an algebraic variety. This century-long season has had a prominent influence on the evolution of complex algebraic geometry - both at the national and international levels - and still inspires modern research in the area. "Algebraic geometry in Italy between tradition and future" is a collection of contributions aiming at presenting some of these powerful ideas and their connection to contemporary and, if possible, future developments, such as Cremonian transformations, birational classification of high-dimensional varieties starting from Gino Fano, the life and works of Guido Castelnuovo, Francesco Severi's mathematical library, etc. The presentation is enriched by the viewpoint of various researchers of the history of mathematics, who describe the cultural milieu and tell about the bios of some of the most famous mathematicians of those times.

About the Author

​Gilberto Bini got his Ph.D. from Scuola Normale Superiore in July 2000. After that, he spent the following four years in the US (University of Michigan) and in the Netherlands (Universiteit van Amsterdam). He became a "Ricercatore di Geometria" at the Università degli Studi di Milano in 2004. In 2015, he started his job as an associate professor for Università degli Studi di Milano where he worked until 2019. The year afterwards, he moved to the Università degli Studi di Palermo where he started his job as a full professor of Geometry. His main research interests focus on projective geometry, especially the classification of complex projective varieties, as well as its application to Grassmann tensors and Computer Vision. He authored various peer-reviewed publications (proceedings, papers, books) on international journals. Through the years, he has organised different outreach activities (exhibitions, laboratories, public lectures, etc.). From 2015 until 2021, he was an editorof "Matematica, Cultura e Società", journal of the Unione Matematica Italiana. Last year, he co-organised with Claudio Fontanari the INdAM Workshop "Italian Algebraic Geometry between Tradition and Future".