Alessandro Faedo, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Alessandro Faedo

Italian mathematician and politician

Date of Birth: 18-Nov-1913

Place of Birth: Chiampo, Veneto, Italy

Date of Death: 16-Jun-2001

Profession: computer scientist, politician, mathematician

Nationality: Italy

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Alessandro Faedo (18 November 1913 – 15 June 2001) (also known as Alessandro Carlo Faedo or Sandro Faedo) was an Italian mathematician and politician, born in Chiampo.
He is known for his work in numerical analysis, leading to the Faedo–Galerkin method: he was one of the pupils of Leonida Tonelli and, after his death, he succeeded him on the chair of mathematical analysis at the University of Pisa, becoming dean of the faculty of sciences and then rector and exerting a strong positive influence on the development of the university.