The Stampacchia Gold Medal is an international prize awarded every three years by the Italian Mathematical Union

Italian Mathematical Union

The Italian Mathematical Union is a mathematics society based in Italy. It was founded on December 7, 1922 by Luigi Bianchi, Vito Volterra, and most notably, Salvatore Pincherle, who became the Union's first President...

 (Unione Matematica Italiana) together with the Ettore Majorana Foundation (Erice), in recognition of outstanding contributions to the field of calculus of variations

Calculus of variations

Calculus of variations is a field of mathematics that deals with extremizing functionals, as opposed to ordinary calculus which deals with functions. A functional is usually a mapping from a set of functions to the real numbers. Functionals are often formed as definite integrals involving unknown...

 and related applications. The medal, named after the Italian mathematician Guido Stampacchia

Guido Stampacchia

Guido Stampacchia was a 20th century mathematician.Stampacchia was born in Naples, Italy. He obtained his high school certification from the Liceo-Ginnasio Giambattista Vico in Naples in classical subjects, although he showed stronger aptitude for mathematics and physics.In 1940 he was admitted to...

, goes to a mathematician

Mathematician

A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study is the field of mathematics. Mathematicians are concerned with quantity, structure, space, and change....

 under 35 years of age.

Further prizes of the Italian Mathematical Union

Italian Mathematical Union

The Italian Mathematical Union is a mathematics society based in Italy. It was founded on December 7, 1922 by Luigi Bianchi, Vito Volterra, and most notably, Salvatore Pincherle, who became the Union's first President...

 are the Bartolozzi Prize

Bartolozzi Prize

The Bartolozzi Prize is awarded by the Italian Mathematical Union every two years to an Italian mathematician below the age of 34. The prize is entitled to the memory of the Italian mathematician Giuseppe Bartolozzi....

 and the Caccioppoli Prize

Caccioppoli Prize

The Caccioppoli Prize is awarded by the Italian Mathematical Union to an Italian mathematician not exceeding the age of 38 who established a wide international reputation . The prize is entitled to the memory of the Italian mathematician Renato Caccioppoli and is awarded on the occasion of the...

.

Prize Winners

• 2003 Tristan Rivière (ETH Zürich)
• 2006 Giuseppe Mingione (Università di Parma)
• 2009 Camillo De Lellis  (Universität Zürich)

External links

• 2009 Stampacchia Medal citation (from Notiziario dell'Unione Matematica Italiana)
• http://www.dm.unibo.it/umi/Official Site of the Italian Mathematical Union
  Italian Mathematical Union
  The Italian Mathematical Union is a mathematics society based in Italy. It was founded on December 7, 1922 by Luigi Bianchi, Vito Volterra, and most notably, Salvatore Pincherle, who became the Union's first President...
  
   (UMI)]
• The Italian Mathematical Union in MacTutor
  MacTutor History of Mathematics archive
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• Bartolozzi Prize of the Italian Mathematical Union
• Caccioppoli Prize of Italian Mathematical Union (UMI)