Maria Gramegna worked in mathematics at a period when the field's own foundations were under discussion.
The record lists Maria Gramegna as Italian mathematician (1887–1915).
Maria Gramegna was born at Tortona in 1887. Her recorded nationality is Italy.
Around the turn of the twentieth century the foundations of mathematics were under open attack, and set theory and logic became urgent questions.
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.
Maria Gramegna died in 1915, aged 28. The proofs remain, and a proof does not decay - which is the particular permanence mathematics offers.
