Guido Zappa

Guido Zappa (7 December 1915 – 17 March 2015) was an Italian mathematician and a noted group theorist: his other main research interests were geometry and also the history of mathematics. Zappa was particularly known for some examples of algebraic curves that strongly influenced the ideas of Francesco Severi.

Guido Zappa
Zappa in 1961
Born(1915-12-07)7 December 1915
Naples, Italy
Died17 March 2015(2015-03-17) (aged 99)
Florence, Italy
Alma materScuola Normale Superiore
Known forAlgebraic geometry
Group theory
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsUniversity of Florence
Academic advisorsFrancesco Severi
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