The family of Italian mathematicians of Jacopo Francesco Riccati (1676–1754) and his sons Vincenzo (1707–1775), Giordano (1709–1790) and Francesco (1718–1791) wrote principally on differential equations, geometry and the work of Newton {see planet (8000)}. Riccati’s differential equation is famous. (M 41940) _ _.
Discovered on 11-7-1996 in Bologna by Osservatorio San Vittore