Michele Cipolla

Michele Cipolla was an Italian mathematician, mainly specializing in number theory.
He was a professor of Algebraic Analysis at the University of Catania and, later, the University of Palermo. He developed a theory for sequences of sets and Cipolla's algorithm for finding square roots modulo a prime number. He also solved the problem of binomial congruence.

Publications

Opere Sede della Soc., Palermo 1997. XXXII, 547 S. : Ill.
Storia della matematica dai primordi a Leibniz. Soc. Ed. Siciliana, Mazara 1949. 174 S.

Literature

Michele Cipolla : la figura e l'opera; convegno celebrativo nel cinquantenario della morte / / Associazione degli Insegnanti e dei Cultori di Matematica. - Palermo 1998. 156 S.