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Gian-Carlo Rota (April 27, 1932 – April 18, 1999) was an Italian-American mathematician and philosopher. He spent most of his career at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he worked in combinatorics, functional analysis, probability theory, and phenomenology.
Apr 18, 1999 · 18 April 1999. Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. Summary. Gian-Carlo Rota was an Italian-born American mathematician and philosopher. View two larger pictures. Biography. Gian-Carlo Rota's father, Giovanni Rota, was a civil engineer and architect who specialised in anti-earthquake structures.
Apr 22, 1999 · Gian-Carlo Rota, a professor of applied mathematics and philosophy at MIT, passed away in 1999 at age 66. He was a pioneer in combinatorics, a phenomenologist, a prolific author and a beloved teacher.
Rota, Gian-Carlo (b. Vigevano, Italy, 27 April 1932; d. Cambridge, Massachusetts, 18 April 1999), mathematics, combinatorics. Rota is widely regarded as the founder of modern combinatorics. He was the spearhead of a movement that transformed combinatorics from a lightly regarded bag of
Gian-Carlo Rota was born, in Vigevano, Italy, a small town on the Ticino River about 40 kilometers from Milan. Growing up in a well-to-do family responsive to his intel-ligence and curiosity, Gian-Carlo—the son of Giovanni Rota (a civil engineer and architect) and Luigia Facoetti Rota—would likely have enjoyed an idyllic childhood.
Gian-Carlo Rota was a mathematician and a Killian Award winner who transformed combinatorics into a modern branch of mathematics. He presented some mathematical snapshots in his lecture on March 5, 1997 at MIT.
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Memorial Address. Gian-Carlo Rota, 1932-1999. Address delivered by Richard Stanley at the memorial service for Gian-Carlo Rota, held at MIT on April 30, 1999. I first met Gian-Carlo when I was a graduate student at Harvard in 1967.
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