Niccolo fontana detto il tartaglia
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Who is he? Hi my name’s Niccolò Fontana I was born in 1499 in Brescia from a poor family. During the invasion of my hometown by the French I was seriously wounded in the mouth I am an Italian Mathematician
Transcript of Niccolo fontana detto il tartaglia
Who is he?Hi my name’s Niccolò Fontana
I was born in 1499 in
Brescia from a poor family.
During the invasion of my hometown by
the French I was seriously wounded
in the mouth
I am an Italian Mathematician
I have been nicknamed “tartaglia” because i
have stuttered since then
I have the secret of the solution of the
cubic equation.
I am famous also for giving a formula for the volume of a tetrahedron and for my studies of ballistics
contests were public events. The challengers chose their rivals. They had to solve many problems and the judges decided the winner.
In the fifteenth century mathematicians competed in mathematic challenges.
NOW!
nowadays it’s different! when MATHEMATICIANs PROVE A THEOREM they CoMmUNICATE IT TO their COLLEGUES ALL over THE WORLD by publishing an article.
IN THE PAST
In the past mathematicians kept their secret discoveries jealously, in order to use them in contests!
I used to WiN all the times…
Ferrari, a disciple of Cardano (another important italian mathematician)
and I competed in a challenge . it was in Milan. We didn’t fight with swords, but with
our brains!NO! YES!
In this contest we had to solve cubic equations.
I lost it because it was oral and I was cheated as i was
robbed of my formulas.
This was the most important contest in the Renaissance.
