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
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on July 23, 2013
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