14 Facts About Mario Pieri

Mario Pieri was an Italian mathematician who is known for his work on foundations of geometry.

Mario Pieri began his higher education at University of Bologna where he drew the attention of Salvatore Pincherle.

Mario Pieri continued to teach in Turin until 1900 when, through competition, he was awarded the position of extraordinary professor at University of Catania on the island of Sicily.

In 1889 Mario Pieri translated it as Geometria di Posizione, a publication that included a study of the life and work of von Staudt written by Corrado Segre, the initiator of the project.

Mario Pieri came under the influence of Giuseppe Peano at Turin.

Mario Pieri contributed to the Formulario mathematico, and Peano placed nine of Pieri's papers for publication with the Academy of Sciences of Turin between 1895 and 1912.

In 1898 Mario Pieri wrote I principii della geometria di posizione composti in un sistema logico-deduttivo.

Mario Pieri was invited to address the International Congress of Philosophy in 1900 in Paris.

In 1900 Mario Pieri wrote Monographia del punto e del moto, which Smith calls the Point and Motion memoire.

In 1908 Mario Pieri moved to University of Parma, and in 1911 fell ill.

Mario Pieri died in Sant'Andrea di Compito, not far from Lucca.

Mario Pieri's collected works were published by the Italian Mathematical Union in 1980 under the title Opere sui fondamenti della matematica.

For several years before his death, Mario Pieri resided in Sant'Andrea di Compito as a guest of his sister Gemma Mario Pieri Campetti and her husband, Umberto, a lawyer.

Mario Pieri was initially buried in a local church before his remains were transferred to the monumental cemetery in Lucca.