Vincenzo Flauti

Vincenzo Flauti (1782–1863) was an Italian mathematician.

Vincenzo Flauti
Born(1782-04-04)April 4, 1782
Naples, Kingdom of Naples, today Italy
DiedJune 20, 1863(1863-06-20) (aged 81)
Naples, Italy
Alma materUniversity of Naples
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsUniversity of Naples
InfluencedNicola Fergola

Life and work

Flauti studied at the Liceo del Salvatore, the school led by Nicola Fergola. Although he began medical studies, he changed them to mathematics influenced by his master Fergola. He taught at the University of Naples from 1803 to 1860, succeeding Fergola in his chair in 1812.

In 1860, when the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies was conquered by Giuseppe Garibaldi and was incorporated into the Kingdom of Italy, Flauti was excluded from the Academy of Sciences of Naples and from his docent duties, because he had been a supporter of the Bourbon monarchy.

Flauti was the leader of the synthetic school of mathematics founded by Fergola.[1] In 1807, jointly with Felice Giannattasio, he was entrusted by the Bourbon government to write a mathematics textbook for all schoolchildren in the kingdom.[2]

References
  1. Mazzotti 2002, p. 141.
  2. Ferraro 2008, p. 108.

Bibliography
  • Ferraro, Giovanni (2008). "Manuali di geometria elementare nella Napoli preunitaria (1806–1860)" (PDF). History of Education & Children's Literature (in Italian). 3 (2): 103–139. ISSN 1971-1093.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Ferraro, Giovanni (2012). "Excellens in arte non debet mori". HAL (in Italian): 1–16.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Mazzotti, Massimo (1998). "The Geometers of God: Mathematics and Reaction in the Kingdom of Naples" (PDF). Isis. 89 (4): 674–701. doi:10.1086/384160. ISSN 0021-1753. JSTOR 236738. S2CID 143956681.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Mazzotti, Massimo (2002). "The Making of the Modern Engineer". In Mordechai Feingold (ed.). History of Universities: Volume XVII. Oxford University Press. pp. 121–161. ISBN 978-0-19-925636-5.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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