Tullio Levi-Civita made a career in mathematics at a time when the terms of that career were still being set.
The record lists Tullio Levi-Civita as Italian mathematician and physicist (1873–1941).
Tullio Levi-Civita was born at Padua in 1873. His recorded nationality is the Kingdom of Italy. He was educated at University of Padua.
Around the turn of the twentieth century, national institutions, mass media and mass politics changed both the scale of a career and its risks.
The record gives his occupations as mathematician, physicist and university teacher.
His affiliations include Sapienza University of Rome and University of Padua.
Among his principal works are Levi-Civita symbol, Levi-Civita connection and Levi-Civita field. A theorem is permanent in a way no experiment can be, which raises the standard for entry.
His recorded fields of work are differential geometry, theory of relativity and three-body problem.
His work was formally recognised with the Foreign Member of the Royal Society, Sylvester Medal and Mathematical Prize of the Italian Academy of Sciences.
Working from the Kingdom of Italy shaped what was possible - the audiences within reach, the institutions that would have him, the language the work first appeared in.
Tullio Levi-Civita died in 1941 at the age of 68. The work outlived the arguments around it.
Achievements
- Notable work: Levi-Civita symbol
- Notable work: Levi-Civita connection
- Notable work: Levi-Civita field
- Notable work: Levi-Civita parallelogramoid
- Affiliated with Sapienza University of Rome and University of Padua
- Educated at University of Padua
- Worked as mathematician, physicist and university teacher
