Lodovico Ferrari
Lodovico de Ferrari | |
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| Born | 2 February 1522 |
| Died | 5 October 1565 (aged 43) Bologna |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Known for | Solving the quartic equations |
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| Fields | Mathematics |
| Academic advisors | Gerolamo Cardano |
Niccolò Tartaglia
, Terza risposta data a messer Hieronimo Cardano et a messer Lodovico Ferraro, 1547Lodovico de Ferrari (2 February 1522 – 5 October 1565) was an Italian mathematician best known today for solving the quartic equation.
Biography
Born in
quadratic equations and cubic equations, and was mainly responsible for the solution of quartic equations that Cardano published. While still in his teens, Ferrari was able to obtain a prestigious teaching post in Rome after Cardano resigned from it and recommended him. Ferrari retired when young at 42 years old, and wealthy.[1]: 300 He then moved back to his home town of Bologna where he lived with his widowed sister Maddalena to take up a professorship of mathematics at the University of Bologna in 1565. Shortly thereafter, he died of white arsenic poisoning, according to a legend, by his sister.[2]
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Cardano–Tartaglia formula
In 1545 a famous dispute erupted between Ferrari and Cardano's contemporary
Cardano–Tartaglia formula
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References
- ^ Smith, D. E., History of Mathematics, Vol 1 (New York: Dover Publications, 1958), p. 300.
- ISBN 978-0-387-48811-0. p. 18.
- ^ Rothman, T., "Cardano v Tartaglia: The Great Feud Goes Supernatural".
Further reading
- Jayawardene, S. A. (1970–1980). "Ferrari, Lodovico". ISBN 978-0-684-10114-9.
External links
Media related to Lodovico Ferrari at Wikimedia Commons- O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Lodovico Ferrari", MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive, University of St Andrews
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