Alessandro Faedo (18 November 1913 – 16 June 2001)[1] (also known as Alessandro Carlo Faedo or Sandro Faedo) was an Italianmathematician and politician, born in Chiampo. He is known for his work in numerical analysis, leading to the Faedo–Galerkin method: he was one of the pupils of Leonida Tonelli and, after his death, he succeeded him on the chair of mathematical analysis at the University of Pisa, becoming dean of the faculty of sciences and then rector and exerting a strong positive influence on the development of the university.
Faedo, Sandro (1978), "Sul teorema di Cauchy degli incrementi finiti" [On Cauchy's theorem about finite increments], Rendiconti di Matematica, VI Serie (in Italian), 10 (1977): 489–499, MR0480904, Zbl0384.26002.
Historical, commemorative and survey works
Faedo, Alessandro (1966–1967), "Calcolatori elettronici e ricerca scientifica"[Electronic computers and scientific research](PDF), L’Odeo Olimpico (in Italian), numero VI: 185–198. A survey on the early uses and on the development of electronic computers in Italy.
Faedo, Sandro (1986), "Leonida Tonelli e la scuola matematica pisana" [Leonida Tonelli and the Pisa mathematical school], in Montalenti, G.; Amerio, L.; Acquaro, G.; Baiada, E.; etal. (eds.), Convegno celebrativo del centenario della nascita di Mauro Picone e Leonida Tonelli (6–9 maggio 1985)[International congress in occasion of the celebration of the centenary of birth of Mauro Picone and Leonida Tonelli], Atti dei Convegni Lincei (in Italian), vol.77, Roma: Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, pp.89–109, archived from the original on 2011-02-23, retrieved 2014-02-09. A survey of the work of Tonelli in Pisa and his influence on the development of the school, presented in Rome on 6–9 May 1985, also published as Faedo, Alessandro (1998), "Leonida Tonelli e la scuola matematica pisana" [Leonida Tonelli and the Pisa mathematical school], in Bassani, Franco (ed.), Leonida Tonelli e la matematica nella cultura Italiana del '900[Leonida Tonelli and mathematics in the Italian culture of '900], Quaderni della Direzione della Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa (in Italian), vol.2, Pisa: Nistri-Lischi, pp.21–41, ISBN978-8-883-81269-9.
Pellizzari, Lorenzo (1999–2002), "Alessandro Faedo [commemorazione]"[Alessandro Faedo [commemoration]](PDF), L’Odeo Olimpico (in Italian), numero XXIV: 471–474. The commemoration of Alessandro Faedo held at the Accademia Olimpica di Vicenza on the 25th of February 2002, during the meeting dedicated to his remembrance.
Rossi, Paolo (2012), "Le quattro stagioni degli scienziati pisani"[The four seasons of Pisan scientists](PDF), L'organizzazione dei saperi all'Università di Pisa. Dalle Facoltà ai nuovi dipartimenti[The organization of knowledge at the University of Pisa. From faculties to the new departments] (in Italian), Pisa: Pisa University Press, pp.1–24, ISBN9788867410767. A paper describing the historical development of the scientific faculties at the University of Pisa.
