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Beppo Levi

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Beppo Levi · Science & Medicine

What

Real analysis; the Beppo Levi monotone convergence theorem

When

1875, Turin, Italy — 1961, Rosario, Argentina

Where

Italy · Argentina

Biography

Beppo Levi is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Real analysis; the Beppo Levi monotone convergence theorem

How & why

Levi was an Italian-Argentine mathematician known across real analysis, algebraic geometry and number theory; the Beppo Levi monotone convergence theorem for the Lebesgue integral bears his name. He also founded an influential mathematics institute in Argentina. Jewish, he was dismissed under Italy's Fascist racial laws and emigrated to Rosario, Argentina, where he rebuilt his career.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Mathematics

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Real analysis; the Beppo Levi monotone convergence theorem

1875

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Mathematics