Mathematician:Rafael Bombelli

1526 - 1572

Italian mathematician.


 * Pioneered the work on the understanding of imaginary numbers, using as a springboard Cardan's Formula for the solution of the cubic.
 * Developed a method of solving square roots by an approach related to continued fractions.

Nationality
Italian

History

 * Born: 1526
 * Died: 1572

Books and Papers

 * "L'Algebra" (1569).