List of Famous people with last name Riccati

Vincenzo Riccati

First Name Vincenzo

Born on January 11, 1707

Died on January 17, 1775 (aged 68)

Born in Italy, Veneto

Vincenzo Riccati was a Venetian mathematician and physicist.

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Giordano Riccati

First Name Giordano

Last Name Riccati

Born on February 25, 1709

Died on July 20, 1790 (aged 81)

Born in Italy, Veneto

Giordano Riccati or Jordan Riccati was the first experimental mechanician to study material elastic moduli as we understand them today. His 1782 paper on determining the relative Young's moduli of steel and brass using flexural vibrations preceded Thomas Young's 1807 paper on the subject of moduli. The ratio that Riccati found was

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Jacopo Riccati

First Name Jacopo

Born on May 28, 1676

Died on April 15, 1754 (aged 77)

Jacopo Francesco Riccati was a Venetian mathematician and jurist from Venice. He is best known for having studied the equation which bears his name.

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