Guido Stampacchia [SEP] date of death
Guido Stampacchia
Guido Stampacchia (26 March 1922 – 27 April 1978) was a 20th-century Italian mathematician, known for his work on the theory of variational inequalities, the calculus of variation and the theory of elliptic partial differential equations.
Life and academic career.
Stampacchia was born in Naples, Italy from Emanuele Stampacchia and Giulia Campagnano. He obtained his high school certification from the Liceo-Ginnasio Giambattista Vico in Naples in classical subjects, although he showed stronger aptitude for mathematics and physics.
In 1940 he
Stampacchia Medal
The Stampacchia Gold Medal is an international prize awarded every three years by the Italian Mathematical Union ("Unione Matematica Italiana" - "UMI" {}) together with the Ettore Majorana Foundation (Erice), in recognition of outstanding contributions to the field of Calculus of Variations and related applications. The medal, named after the Italian mathematician Guido Stampacchia, goes to a mathematician whose age does not exceed 35.
Prize Winners.
- 2003 Tristan Rivière (ETH Zürich)
- 2006 Giuseppe Mingione (