Claim: Giacinto Morera, who attended courses held by Enrico d'Ovidio, Angelo Genocchi and Francesco Siacci (who he called his mentor in life), worked hard to earn the laurea in engineering and the laurea in mathematics but did not receive either.
Evidence: He earned in 1878 the laurea in engineering and then, in 1879, the laurea in mathematics, both awarded him from the Politecnico di Torino: According to , p. 605), the title of his thesis in the mathematical sciences was: "Sul moto di un punto attratto da due centri fissi colla legge di Newton".