Gino Fano

Gino Fano (5 January 1871 – 8 November 1952) was an Italian mathematician, best known as the founder of finite geometry. He was born to a wealthy Jewish^[2] family in Mantua, in Italy and died in Verona, also in Italy.

(1871-01-05)5 January 1871

8 November 1952(1952-11-08) (aged 81)

Verona, Italy

Italian

Mathematics

Fano made various contributions on projective and algebraic geometry. His work in the foundations of geometry predates the similar, but more popular, work of David Hilbert by about a decade.

He was the father of physicist Ugo Fano and electrical engineer Robert Fano and uncle to physicist and mathematician Giulio Racah.

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