Gianfranco Cimmino

Gianfranco Cimmino (12 March 1908 – 30 May 1989) was an Italian mathematician, working mathematical analysis, numerical analysis, and theory of elliptic partial differential equations: he is known for being the first mathematician generalizing in a weak sense the notion of boundary value in a boundary value problem, and for doing an influential work in numerical analysis.

Selected works

Scientific works Scientific papers . An English translation is available as . . .

Books . Gianfranco Cimmino's "Selected works", edited under the auspices of the Accademia Pontaniana and of the Academy of Physical and Mathematical Sciences of the Società Nazionale di Scienze Lettere e Arti in Napoli.

Commemorative, historical, and survey works

. . The "participating address" presented to the International congress on the occasion of the celebration of the centenary of birth of Mauro Picone and Leonida Tonelli (held in Rome on May 6–9, 1985) by Gianfranco Cimmino on behalf of the Accademia delle Scienze dell'Istituto di Bologna.