Guido Zappa

Guido Zappa (7 December 1915 – 17 March 2015) was an Italian mathematician and a noted group theorist: his other main research interests were geometry and also the history of mathematics. Zappa was particularly known for some examples of algebraic curves that strongly influenced the ideas of Francesco Severi.[1]

Guido Zappa
Guido Zappa in 1961
Born	7 December 1915 Naples, Italy
Died	17 March 2015 (aged 99) Florence, Italy
Citizenship	Italian
Alma mater	Scuola Normale Superiore
Known for	Algebraic geometry Group theory
Scientific career
Institutions	University of Florence
Academic advisors	Francesco Severi

Life and work

Honors

He was elected ordinary non-resident member of the Accademia Pontaniana on June 16, 1949.[2] On June 3, 1951 he was elected corresponding member to the class of mathematical sciences of the Società Nazionale di Scienze Lettere e Arti in Napoli: subsequently, he became ordinary member (2 June 1951) and ordinary non-resident member (15 December 1953).[3] On 14 October 1960 he was elected corresponding member of the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei: he became national member of the same academy on March 21, 1977.[4]

Selected publications

• Zappa, Guido (1965), Fondamenti di teoria dei gruppi. Volume primo, Monografie matematiche del Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (in Italian), 13, Roma: Edizioni Cremonese, pp. XX+291, MR 0197538, Zbl 0135.03402. "Fundamentals of group theory. First volume" (English translation of the title) is the first part of monograph in group theory dealing extensively with many of its aspects.
• Zappa, Guido (1970), Fondamenti di teoria dei gruppi. Volume secondo, Monografie matematiche del Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (in Italian), 18, Rome: Edizioni Cremonese, pp. XXI+411, MR 0258926, Zbl 0201.03001. "Fundamentals of group theory. Second volume" (English translation of the title) is the second part of monograph in group theory dealing extensively with many of its aspects.
• Zappa, Guido (1984), "La scuola matematica di Francesco Severi intorno al 1940" [The mathematical school of Francesco Severi around 1940] (PDF), Rivista di Matematica della Università di Parma, (4) (in Italian), 10^*: 11–14, MR 0777309, Zbl 0562.01015. This work describes the research activity at the Sapienza University of Rome and at the (at that time newly created) "Istituto Nazionale di Alta Matematica Francesco Severi" from the end of the 1930s to the early 1940s.

See also

• Algebraic geometry
• Group theory
• Italian school of algebraic geometry
• Francesco Severi
• Zappa-Szép product

Notes

1. See the 18 March 2015 obituary published on "Il Mattino" newspaper.
2. According to the Accademia Pontaniana yearbook (2015, p. 116).
3. See the Society yearbook (2014, p. 56).
4. See the Lincean Academy yearbook (2012, p. 545).

References

Biographical and general references

• Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei (2012), Annuario dell'Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei 2012 – CDX dalla Sua Fondazione (PDF) (in Italian), Roma: Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, p. 734, archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04, retrieved 2016-03-16. The "Yearbook" of the renowned Italian scientific institution, including an historical sketch of its history, the list of all past and present members as well as a wealth of informations about its academic and scientific activities.
• Accademia Pontaniana (2015), Annuario della Accademia Pontaniana 2015 (DLXXIII dalla fondazione) (PDF) (in Italian), Napoli: Nella Sede dell'Accademia, p. 180, archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-03-06, retrieved 2016-03-16. The "Yearbook 2015" of the Accademia Pontaniana, published by the Academy itself and describing its past and present hierarchies and its activities. It also gives some notes on its history, the full list of its members and other useful information.
• Mariano, Paolo (19 March 2015), "Addio a Guido Zappa. Approfondì nell'algebra la teoria dei gruppi", Il Corriere della Sera, p. 47, archived from the original on April 15, 2015, retrieved 11 April 2015.
• Ridolfi, Roberto, ed. (1976), "Guido Zappa", Biografie e bibliografie degli Accademici Lincei [Biographies and bibliographies of the Lincean Academicians] (in Italian), Roma: Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, pp. 677–680. The biographical and bibliographical entry (updated up to 1976) on Guido Zappa, published under the auspices of the Accademia dei Lincei in a book collecting many profiles of its members living members up to 1976.
• The Editorial Office (18 March 2015), "Addio a Guido Zappa, gigante napoletano della Matematica", Il Mattino (in Italian), retrieved 11 April 2015
• The Editorial Office (19 March 2015), "Necrologie", Quotidiano.net (in Italian), retrieved 11 April 2015
• Società Nazionale di Scienze Lettere e Arti in Napoli (2014), Annuario della Società Nazionale di Scienze Lettere e Arti in Napoli – 2014 (PDF) (in Italian), Napoli: Società Nazionale di Scienze Lettere e Arti in Napoli, p. 82, archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-03, retrieved 2016-03-16. The "Yearbook 2014" of the Società Nazionale di Scienze Lettere e Arti in Napoli, published by the society itself and describing its past and present hierarchies, and its activities. It also reports some notes on its history, the full list of its members and other useful information.

Scientific references

• Barlotti, A.; Rosati, L. A. (1988), "Guido Zappa e la geometria combinatoria", Rendiconti del Circolo Matematico di Palermo, Supplementi, II (in Italian), 19: 9–18, MR 0988182, Zbl 0884.51008. Guido Zappa and combinatorial geometry (English translation of the title), a paper from the Atti del Convegno Internazionale di Teoria dei Gruppi e Geometria Combinatoria - Firenze, Ottobre 23–26 1986, in onore di Guido Zappa (Proceedings of the international conference on group theory and combinatorial geometry held in Florence on October 23–26, 1986 in honor of Guido Zappa), describes his contributions to combinatorial geometry.
• Curzio, Mario (1988), "Guido Zappa e la teoria dei gruppi", Rendiconti del Circolo Matematico di Palermo, Supplementi, II (in Italian), 19: 19–34, MR 0988184, Zbl 0900.20001. Guido Zappa and group theory (English translation of the title), a paper from the Atti del Convegno Internazionale di Teoria dei Gruppi e Geometria Combinatoria - Firenze, Ottobre 23–26 1986, in onore di Guido Zappa (Proceedings of the international conference on group theory and combinatorial geometry held in Florence on October 23–26, 1986 in honor of Guido Zappa), describes his contributions to group theory.
• D’Agnolo, Andrea; Zacher, Giovanni (2006), "Dedication to Guido Zappa on his 90th anniversary", Rendiconti del Seminario Matematico della Università di Padova, 115: v–xi, MR 2245582, Zbl 1167.01318
• Gherardelli, Francesco (1988), "I contributi di Zappa alla geometria algebrica", Rendiconti del Circolo Matematico di Palermo, Supplementi, II (in Italian), 19: 35–38, MR 0988185, Zbl 0889.01019. The contributions of Zappa to algebraic geometry (English translation of the title), a paper from the Atti del Convegno Internazionale di Teoria dei Gruppi e Geometria Combinatoria - Firenze, Ottobre 23–26 1986, in onore di Guido Zappa (Proceedings of the international conference on group theory and combinatorial geometry held in Florence on October 23–26, 1986 in honor of Guido Zappa), describes his contributions to algebraic geometry.

External links

• Guido Zappa at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
• Guido Zappa academic member page at the Accademia delle Scienze di Torino.