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Gabrio Piola and Mathematical Physics

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In the past, the term ‘mathematical physics’ had substantially two meanings. On one hand, it simply indicated modern physics, which considered mathematics its own language; in this sense, Galileo, Newton, Kepler, etc., were distinguished mathematical physicists. On the other hand, it pointed to the branch of science that developed in the XIX century and had enabled the solution of some specific problems governed by partial differential equations, such as, for instance, heat propagation, potential theory, theory of elasticity; in this sense Fourier, Lamé, Gauss, Piola, Beltrami, etc., stood among the most important mathematical physicists. Today the term indicates an academic discipline, practiced by mathematicians, having some principles of physical nature at its basis.

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Capecchi, D. (2014). Gabrio Piola and Mathematical Physics. In: dell'Isola, F., Maier, G., Perego, U., Andreaus, U., Esposito, R., Forest, S. (eds) The complete works of Gabrio Piola: Volume I. Advanced Structured Materials, vol 38. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-00263-7_7

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