Pietro De Martino
Pietro De Martino or Di Martino was an Italian mathematician and astronomer.Biography
Born in Faicchio, he was brother of Angelo, professor first of medical physics then of mathematics at the University of Naples; and of Nicola Antonio De Martino, professor di mathematics and director of the Real Corpo degli Ingegneri and Marine Guard. Pietro De Martino was a pupil of Agostino Ariani and of Giacinto De Cristoforo. In 1735 he was assigned of the astronomical and nautical chair at the University of Naples.
He disputed with Roger Joseph Boscovich on the question if it is possible to gain a right result starting from a wrong hypothesis.
He authored various works; his Nuove istituzioni di aritmetica pratica, published originally in 1739 in Naples, had many reprints. He died in Naples in 1746.Works
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