Tommaso Ceva
Mathematician, Academic
1648 – 1737
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Who was Tommaso Ceva?
Tommaso Ceva was an Italian Jesuit mathematician from Milan. He was the brother of Giovanni Ceva.
He was a professor of mathematics at Jesuit College of Brera in Milan and his most famous student was Saccheri. His only mathematical work, published in 1699 was the Opuscula Mathematica which dealt with geometry, gravity and arithmetic. He was also a noted poet and dedicated a significant amount of his time to this task.
He died in Milan in 1737.
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- Born
- Dec 20, 1648
Milan - Siblings
- Nationality
- Italy
- Profession
- Lived in
- Milan
- Died
- Feb 3, 1737
Milan
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on July 23, 2013
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