What did Vito Volterra consider as his greatest achievement?
The Volterra Integral Equation
The establishment of functional analysis
His awards and fellowships
Becoming a professor
Answer
The Volterra Integral Equation was developed by Italian mathematician Vito Volterra in 1896. He considered it his greatest achievement. The equation describes the dynamics of a system in which the rate of change of the system's state is a nonlinear function of the state at the present moment and at some previous moments. It has applications in a wide variety of fields, including physics, chemistry, biology, and economics.
Unraveling the Legacy of Vito Volterra: A Journey into the Mind of an Italian Mathematician and Physicist
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