Born in Bologna, Lodovico's grandfather, Bartolomeo Ferrari, was forced out of Milan to Bologna. Lodovico settled in Bologna, and he began his career as the servant of Gerolamo Cardano. He was extremely bright, so Cardano started teaching him mathematics. Ferrari aided Cardano on his solutions for quadratic equations and cubic equations, and was mainly responsible for the solution of quartic equations that Cardano published. While still in his teens, Ferrari was able to obtain a prestigious teaching post in Rome after Cardano resigned from it and recommended him. Ferrari retired when young at 42 years old, and wealthy.[1]: 300 He then moved back to his home town of Bologna where he lived with his widowed sister Maddalena to take up a professorship of mathematics at the University of Bologna in 1565. Shortly thereafter, he died of white arsenic poisoning, according to a legend, by his sister.[2]: 18
Cardano–Tartaglia formula
In 1545 a famous dispute erupted between Ferrari and his contemporary Niccolò Fontana Tartaglia, involving the solution to cubic equations. Widespread stories that Tartaglia devoted the rest of his life to ruining Ferrari's teacher and erstwhile master Cardano, however, appear to be fabricated.[3] Mathematical historians now credit both Cardano and Tartaglia with the formula to solve cubic equations, referring to it as the "Cardano–Tartaglia formula".
lodovico, ferrari, lodovico, ferrari, february, 1522, october, 1565, italian, mathematician, lodovico, ferrariborn2, february, 1522, 1522, bolognadied5, october, 1565, 1565, aged, bolognanationalityitalianknown, forsolving, quartic, equationsscientific, career. Lodovico de Ferrari 2 February 1522 5 October 1565 was an Italian mathematician Lodovico de FerrariBorn2 February 1522 1522 02 02 BolognaDied5 October 1565 1565 10 05 aged 43 BolognaNationalityItalianKnown forSolving the quartic equationsScientific careerFieldsMathematicsAcademic advisorsGerolamo CardanoNiccolo Tartaglia Terza risposta data a messer Hieronimo Cardano et a messer Lodovico Ferraro 1547 Contents 1 Biography 2 Cardano Tartaglia formula 3 References 4 Further reading 5 External linksBiography EditBorn in Bologna Lodovico s grandfather Bartolomeo Ferrari was forced out of Milan to Bologna Lodovico settled in Bologna and he began his career as the servant of Gerolamo Cardano He was extremely bright so Cardano started teaching him mathematics Ferrari aided Cardano on his solutions for quadratic equations and cubic equations and was mainly responsible for the solution of quartic equations that Cardano published While still in his teens Ferrari was able to obtain a prestigious teaching post in Rome after Cardano resigned from it and recommended him Ferrari retired when young at 42 years old and wealthy 1 300 He then moved back to his home town of Bologna where he lived with his widowed sister Maddalena to take up a professorship of mathematics at the University of Bologna in 1565 Shortly thereafter he died of white arsenic poisoning according to a legend by his sister 2 18 Cardano Tartaglia formula EditIn 1545 a famous dispute erupted between Ferrari and his contemporary Niccolo Fontana Tartaglia involving the solution to cubic equations Widespread stories that Tartaglia devoted the rest of his life to ruining Ferrari s teacher and erstwhile master Cardano however appear to be fabricated 3 Mathematical historians now credit both Cardano and Tartaglia with the formula to solve cubic equations referring to it as the Cardano Tartaglia formula References Edit Smith D E History of Mathematics Vol 1 New York Dover Publications 1958 p 300 Gindikin S Tales of Mathematicians and Physicists A Shuchat Trans Springer 2007 ISBN 978 0 387 48811 0 p 18 Rothman T Cardano v Tartaglia The Great Feud Goes Supernatural Further reading EditJayawardene S A 1970 1980 Ferrari Lodovico Dictionary of Scientific Biography Vol 4 New York Charles Scribner s Sons pp 586 8 ISBN 978 0 684 10114 9 External links Edit Media related to Lodovico Ferrari at Wikimedia Commons O Connor John J Robertson Edmund F Lodovico Ferrari MacTutor History of Mathematics archive University of St Andrews This article about an Italian mathematician is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Lodovico Ferrari amp oldid 1111816177, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
