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Guido Castelnuovo

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Guido Castelnuovo · Science & Medicine

What

Italian school of algebraic geometry

When

1865, Venice, Italy — 1952, Rome, Italy

Where

Italy

Biography

Guido Castelnuovo is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Italian school of algebraic geometry

How & why

Guido Castelnuovo was an Italian mathematician, a leader of the Italian school of algebraic geometry who advanced the theory of algebraic surfaces and curves. Barred under Fascist racial laws, he organized clandestine university courses for Jewish students, and after the war helped rebuild Italian science as a senator. He is Jewish.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Mathematics

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Italian school of algebraic geometry

1865

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Mathematics