Short history of the Mathematical analysis chairs at the University of Catania during the 150 years of unified Italy

Abstract

Starting from the Italian Unification, through the years, renowned mathematicians have occupied the Mathematical Analysis chairs of the University of Catania. The author, full professor in Mathematical Analysis at the University of Catania, takes the opportunity, during the last lecture of his academic career, to sketch out a short history of the Mathematical Analysis chairs at the University of Catania during the 150 years of unified Italy; mainly he lingers about professors who have worked for longer time in Catania. The appendix consists of a complete list of full professors, former chairs in Mathematical Analysis since Italian Unification (Appendix 1), and also of bibliographical references of their obituaries and commemorations (Appendix 2).