Leonida Tonelli | |
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| Born | 19 April 1885 Gallipoli, Apulia, Italy |
| Died | 12 March 1946 (aged 60) Pisa, Italy |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Alma mater | University of Bologna |
| Known for | Tonelli's theorem Tonelli's theorem (functional analysis) Tonelli–Hobson test |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | University of Cagliari University of Parma University of Bologna University of Pisa Scuola Normale Superiore |
| Doctoral advisor | Cesare Arzelà |
| Doctoral students | Emilio Baiada Paolo Budinich Lamberto Cesari Guido Stampacchia |
Leonida Tonelli (19 April 1885 – 12 March 1946) was an Italian mathematician, noted for proving Tonelli's theorem, a variation of Fubini's theorem, and for introducing semicontinuity methods as a common tool for the direct method in the calculus of variations.[1]