Mathematician:Scipione del Ferro

Italian mathematician.


 * First one to come up with a solution to the general cubic equation, which was later published by and is now known as Cardano's Formula.
 * Contributed towards the rationalization of fractions.

Nationality
Italian

History

 * Born: 6 Feb 1465, Bologna, Italy
 * Died: 5 Nov 1526, Bologna, Italy

Theorems

 * Cardano's Formula, possibly also Ferrari's Method. It is difficult to be certain exactly who these early results originated with.

Books and Papers

 * A famous notebook, which appears unfortunately not to have survived.

Also see

 * : Introduction
 * : Chapter $4$: Lure of the Unknown