an Italian mathematician and glottologist. The author of over 200 books and papers, he was a founder of mathematical logic and set theory, to which he contributed much notation.
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Born
27 August 1858 Spinetta, Piedmont, Kingdom of Sardinia
Died
20 April 1932 (aged 73) Turin, Italy
Known for
Peano axioms Peano curve Peano existence theorem Peano-Jordan measure Peano kernel theorem Peano–Russell notation Latino sine flexione Vector space Peano surface Logicism
Fields
Mathematics Linguistics
Alma mater
University of Turin
Awards
Knight of the Order of Saints Maurizio and Lazzaro Knight of the Crown of Italy Commendatore of the Crown of Italy Correspondent of the Accademia dei Lincei
Institutions
University of Turin, Accademia dei Lincei
adultbasic
Italy
Citizenship
Italian
Doctoral advisor
Enrico D'Ovidio
era
1800+
Influenced
Bertrand Russell, Giovanni Vailati
Influences
Euclid, Angelo Genocchi, Gottlob Frege
Other academic advisors
Francesco Faà di Bruno