Carlo E. Bonferroni | |
|---|---|
) Carlo Emilio Bonferroni | |
| Born | 28 January 1892 |
| Died | 18 August 1960 (aged 68) |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Alma mater | University of Turin |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics Statistics |
| Institutions | University of Florence |
| Academic advisors | Giuseppe Peano Corrado Segre |
| Notable students | Carlo Benedetti |
Carlo Emilio Bonferroni (28 January 1892 – 18 August 1960) was an Italian mathematician who worked on probability theory. Carlo Emilio Bonferroni was born in Bergamo on 28 January 1892 and died on 18 August 1960 in Florence.[1] He studied in Turin, held a post as assistant professor at the Polytechnic University of Turin, and in 1923 took up the chair of financial mathematics at the Economics Institute in Bari. In 1933 he transferred to Florence, where he held his chair until his death.
Bonferroni is best known for the Bonferroni inequalities (a generalization of the union bound), and for the Bonferroni correction in statistics (which he did not invent but which utilizes his inequalities).
See also
- Bonferroni inequalities
- Bonferroni correction
References
- ^ "Bonferroni biography". www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk. University of St Andrews, Scotland. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
- Further reading
- Material about Bonferroni by Michael Dewey.