Mathematical biology

3 lives in this collection worked in mathematical biology, from 1860 to today. Each has a full course on their life and the mathematics and physics they made.

Often together with: functional analysis, mathematical physics. All fields

  • Vito Volterra1860–1940

    Italian analyst who founded the theory of functionals and of Volterra integral equations, created the theory of elastic distortions, and with Lotka founded mathematical population dynamics.

    functional analysis, integral equations, mathematical physics

  • Alan Turing1912–1954

    British mathematician who defined computability with the Turing machine, led the breaking of naval Enigma, designed the ACE computer and founded the theory of biological pattern formation.

    mathematical logic, computability theory, cryptanalysis

  • Israel Gelfand1913–2009

    Founder of the theory of Banach and C*-algebras and of the representation theory of non-compact groups, whose Moscow seminar shaped generations of mathematicians.

    functional analysis, representation theory, operator algebras