and mathematicians like Camillo de Lellis, Irene Fonseca, Pierre-Louis Lions, Haïm Brezis, Alessio Figalli, David Kinderlehrer, Nicola Fusco, Felix Otto, Giuseppe Mingione and Louis Nirenberg have attended the event along with his many students such as Ambrosio and Braides who have been responsible for organizing it at the SNS. Quotes "If you can't prove your theorem, keep shifting parts of the conclusion to the assumptions, until you can" Selected publications Articles Scientific papers . The first note published by De Giorgi on his approach to Caccioppoli sets. {{Citation |last = De Giorgi |first = Ennio |title = Su una teoria generale della misura -dimensionale in uno spazio ad dimensioni |trans-title=On a general theory of . The first complete exposition of his approach to the theory of Caccioppoli sets by De Giorgi. . The first paper on SBV functions and related variational problems. . Review papers . "Free-discontinuity variational problems" (English translation of the title) is a survey paper on free-discontinuity variational problems including several details on the theory of SBV functions, their applications and a rich bibliography (in Italian). Books . An advanced text, oriented to the theory of minimal surfaces in the multi-dimensional setting, written by some of the leading contributors to the theory. A selection from De Giorgi's scientific works, offered in an amended typographical form, in the original Italian language and English translation, including a biography, a bibliography and commentaries from Luis Caffarelli and other noted mathematicians. See also Caccioppoli set Calculus of variations Elliptic partial differential equation Minimal surface Notes References Biographical and general references . There is also a preprint version of this paper in Adobe pdf format, available at the web page of the Research Group in Calculus of Variations and Geometric Measure Theory, Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa. , available home page at the Research Group in Calculus of Variations and Geometric Measure Theory, Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa. A brief biography reviewing his major scientific contributions. e-. A collection of almost all commemorative papers, transcriptions of commemorative addresses on Ennio De Giorgi and personal reminiscences of pupils and friends, collected jointly with some philosophical papers of De Giorgi himself. . . Contains two chapters on De Giorgi. . A brief commemorative and historical paper describing the events which led Ennio De Giorgi to hold a chair at the Scuola Normale Superiore. Scientific references . An important monograph detailing the results of Ennio De Giorgi