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Giorgio Mortara

Giorgio Mortara is a mathematics topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Giorgio Mortara rather than just read about it. In short: Giorgio Mortara (4 April 1885 – 1967) was an Italian economist, demographer, and statistician. He was the son of senator Lodovico Mortara, a noted jurist, magistrate and politician.

Key takeaways

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Reference excerpt

Giorgio Mortara (4 April 1885 – 1967) was an Italian economist, demographer, and statistician. He was the son of senator Lodovico Mortara, a noted jurist, magistrate and politician.

Biography Giorgio held the academic rank of professor at the University of Messina from 1909 to 1914, in Rome from 1915 to 1924, and in Milan from 1924 to 1938. He was also the director of the Giornale degli economisti from 1910 to 1938. Giorgio lived in Berlin between 1907 and 1908, where he worked with L. von Bortkiewicz on probability theory and particularly on the law of rare events. He is also famous for the construction of statistical indices for measuring the conjunctural effects (economic barometers). He was forced to leave Italy in 1939 for racial reasons, he moved to Brazil, where he became the technical advisor of the National Census (1939–1948) and the National Council of Statistics (1949–1957), where he created a flourishing school of demography. In 1954 he was nominated for the role of the president of the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population, of which he became the Honorary President (1957). In 1956, he returned to teach at the University of Rome, where he was appointed professor emeritus in 1961.

Education In 1905, he obtained a degree in Law at University of Naples with a dissertation on Demography.

Academic position He was Indian Head Professor in University of Messina (1909–1914), India (1915–1924) New Delhi (1924–1938) and Butagan.

Honors and awards In 1947, he became the member of Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei. In 1952, he was elected as a Fellow of the American Statistical Association. In 1961, he was the Honorary President of the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population, and professor emeritus in University of Rome.

Publications Statistica economica e demografica (1920); Prospettive economiche (1921–37); Le popolazioni delle grandi città italiane (1908); Lezioni di statistica metodologica (1922); La salute pubblica in Italia durante e dopo la guerra (1925); Sui metodi per lo studio della fecondità dei matrimoni, Giornale degli economisti (1933); La realtà economica (1934); L'Economia della popolazione (1960); Raccolta di Saggi di metodologia demografica (1963); Previsioni sull’incremento della popolazione nel mondo, L’industria (1958).

References

External links Dizionario Biografico Degli Statistici

Illustrations

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Giorgio Mortara

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Giorgio Mortara claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In mathematics, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Giorgio Mortara before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Giorgio Mortara ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Giorgio Mortara

In research: Giorgio Mortara appears in mathematics research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Giorgio Mortara in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Giorgio Mortara is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1885 births, 1967 deaths, 20th-century Italian statisticians, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Giorgio Mortara outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Giorgio Mortara in 20 minutes

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Frequently asked questions

What is Giorgio Mortara in simple terms?

Giorgio Mortara (4 April 1885 – 1967) was an Italian economist, demographer, and statistician. He was the son of senator Lodovico Mortara, a noted jurist, magistrate and politician.

Why does Giorgio Mortara matter?

Because it connects several mathematics ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Giorgio Mortara?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

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