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Mauro Picone (2 May 1885 – 11 April 1977) was an Italian mathematician. He is known for the Picone identity, for the Sturm-Picone comparison theorem and for being the founder of the Istituto Nazionale per le Applicazioni del Calcolo, presently named after him, the first applied mathematics institute ever founded. He was also an outstanding teacher of mathematical analysis: some of the best Italian mathematicians were among his pupils.

Personal facts

Birth date	May 02, 1885
Birth place	Palermo
Nationality	Italy
Date of death	April 11, 1977
Place of death	Rome
Education	Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa
Known for	Picone identity Sturm–Picone comparison theorem

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