Gerolamo Cardano

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Gerolamo Cardano was a 16th-century Italian mathematician, physician, and polymath best known for his work on the solutions of cubic and quartic equations and his influential writings in probability and algebra.

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Gerolamo Cardano canonical 2
Girolamo Cardano 1
Hieronymus Cardanus 1

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instanceOf Renaissance scientist
human
mathematician
physician
polymath
alternateName Gerolamo Cardano
surface form: Girolamo Cardano

Gerolamo Cardano
surface form: Hieronymus Cardanus
birthDate 1501-09-24
birthPlace Duchy of Milan
Pavia
countryOfCitizenship Duchy of Milan
deathDate 1576-09-21
deathPlace Rome
educatedAt University of Padua
University of Pavia
ethnicGroup Italian
fieldOfWork algebra
astrology
mathematics
medicine
natural philosophy
probability theory
influenced Blaise Pascal
Lodovico Ferrari
Pierre de Fermat
development of complex numbers
influencedBy Niccolò Tartaglia
knownFor Ars Magna
Liber de Ludo Aleae
early work in probability
solutions of cubic equations
solutions of quartic equations
languageOfWorkOrName Italian
Latin
name Gerolamo Cardano self-link
notableIdea systematic treatment of probability in games of chance
use of complex numbers in algebraic equations
notableWork Ars Magna
De Rerum Varietate
De Subtilitate
Liber de Ludo Aleae
occupation astrologer
author
mathematician
philosopher
physician
parent Fazio Cardano
religion Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholicism
wasAccusedOf heresy

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University of Pavia hasNotableProfessor Gerolamo Cardano
Gerolamo Cardano name Gerolamo Cardano self-link
Gerolamo Cardano alternateName Gerolamo Cardano
this entity surface form: Girolamo Cardano
Gerolamo Cardano alternateName Gerolamo Cardano
this entity surface form: Hieronymus Cardanus