Paolo Ruffini

Mathematician, Academic

1765 – 1822

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Who was Paolo Ruffini?

Paolo Ruffini was an Italian mathematician and philosopher.

By 1788 he had earned university degrees in philosophy, medicine/surgery, and mathematics. Among his work was an incomplete proof that quintic equations cannot be solved by radicals, and Ruffini's rule which is a quick method for polynomial division. Ruffini also made contributions to group theory in addition to probability and quadrature of the circle.

He practiced as both a professor of mathematics and a doctor including scientific work on typhus.

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Born
Sep 22, 1765
Valentano
Nationality
  • Italy
Profession
Education
  • University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
Died
May 10, 1822
Modena

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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