Giovanni Battista Rizza worked in mathematics at a period when the field's own foundations were under discussion.
The record lists Giovanni Battista Rizza as Italian mathematician (1924–2018).
Giovanni Battista Rizza was born at Piazza Armerina in 1924. His recorded nationality is Italy. He studied at University of Genoa.
Twentieth-century mathematics became abstract and highly specialised, and its methods reached into physics, economics and computing.
His academic posts were held at University of Parma.
The recorded fields of work are mathematical analysis and differential geometry.
A theorem is permanent in a way no experiment can be, which raises the standard for entry.
That the work was done from Italy matters: mathematical training, institutions and the language of publication have never been evenly distributed.
Giovanni Battista Rizza died in 2018, aged 94. The proofs remain, and a proof does not decay - which is the particular permanence mathematics offers.
Achievements
- Held posts at University of Parma
- Fields: mathematical analysis and differential geometry
