Alfredo Capelli

Alfredo Capelli
Born	(1855-08-05)5 August 1855 Milan, Italy
Died	Naples, Italy
Nationality	Italy
Fields	Mathematics
Institutions	University of Pavia University of Palermo University of Naples
Alma mater	University of Rome
Doctoral advisor	Giuseppe Battaglini
Known for	Capelli's identity Rouché–Capelli theorem

Alfredo Capelli (5 August 1855 – 28 January 1910) was an Italian mathematician who discovered Capelli's identity.

Biography

Capelli earned his Laurea from the University of Rome in 1877 under Giuseppe Battaglini, and moved to the University of Pavia where he worked as an assistant for Felice Casorati. In 1881 he became a professor at the University of Palermo, replacing Cesare Arzelà who had recently moved to Bologna. In 1886, he moved again to the University of Naples, where he held the chair in algebra. He remained at Naples until his death in 1910. As well as being a professor there, he was editor of the Giornale di Matematiche di Battaglini from 1894 to 1910, and was elected to the Accademia dei Lincei.

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External links

• Alfredo Capelli at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
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• An Italian short biography of Alfredo Capelli in MATEpristem online.