About Mauro Francaviglia
Mauro Francaviglia (22 June 1953 – 24 June 2013) was an Italian mathematician. He was a professor at University of Turin and he worked mainly on geometric methods applied to mechanics, mathematical physics and general relativity. == Biography == Francaviglia obtained a degree in Mathematics at University of Turin in 1975 under the supervision of Dionigi Galletto. In the same university, he was a fellow of the CNR (the Italian National Research Council) from 1975 to 1978 and a teaching assistant from 1978 to 1980. In 1976 he was awarded the Bonavera Prize from the Accademia delle Scienze di Torino nel 1977. He became full Professor at University of Turin in 1980, when he was 27 years old (the youngest full professor in his discipline). He spent the last years of his life at the University of Calabria, in Arcavacata di Rende. Besides his scientific activities, Francaviglia was a prominent philatelist. He has been president of the Unione Filatelica Subalpina di Torino, vice-president of the Federazione tra le società filateliche italiane, council member of the Unione stampa filatelica italiana, member of the Royal Philatelic Society London and council member of the Académie européenne de philatélie. == Research == Francaviglia's scientific interests covered a wide range of topics, including the application of differential geometry in mathematical physics, classical mechanics, general relativity and field theories, calculus of variations, symmetries and conservation laws, quantization and thermodynamics.
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