Enzo Tonti

Enzo Tonti (30 October 1935 – 10 June 2021 ) was an Italian physicist and mathematician, known for his contributions to engineering and mathematical physics.

Life

Enzo Tonti was born in Milan. He attended a fine arts high school. He graduated in Mathematics and Physics at the University of Milan in 1961. He began work there in 1962 as a research assistant in the field of mathematical physics. In 1976, he accepted a professorship at the Engineering Faculty of the University of Trieste. After retirement, he was nominated professor emeritus. He married in 1962 and had three children (two daughters and one son).

Selected publications Journal articles Tonti E. A direct discrete formulation of field laws: The cell method. CMES- Computer Modeling in Engineering and Sciences. 2001 Jan 1;2(2):237-58. Tonti E. Finite formulation of the electromagnetic field. Progress in electromagnetics research, 2001. 32, pp. 1–44. Tonti E. Finite formulation of the electromagnetic field.IEEE Transactions on Magnetics. 2002 Aug 7;38(2):333-6. Tonti E. The reason for analogies between physical theories. Applied Mathematical Modelling. 1976 Jun 1;1(1):37-50 Tonti E. Variational formulation for every nonlinear problem. International Journal of Engineering Science. 1984 Jan 1;22(11-12):1343-71.

Books Tonti, Enzo. The Mathematical Structure of Classical and Relativistic Physics A General Classification Diagram. Springer. 2013.