Pietro Cataldi

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Pietro Antonio Cataldi (born April 15, 1548 in Bologna , † February 11, 1626 there ) was an Italian mathematician .

Cataldi taught 1569/70 at the Art Academy in Florence , mathematics at the University of Perugia and from 1572 at the Art Academy there and from 1584 in Bologna (probably also at the Art Academy).

In 1613 Pietro Cataldi published a book in which chain fractions appear for the first time (Trattato del modo brevissimo…). He also published the works of Euclid in 1620, 1625 and 1626 and published a treatise in 1603 in which he mistakenly believed that he had proven the parallel postulate .

Works

  • Trattato dell 'Algebra proportional. 1610.
  • Trattato del modo brevissimo. 1613.
  • Algebra discorsiva nvmerale, et lineale. 1618.
  • Regola della qvantita o cosa di cosa. 1618.
  • Nvova Algebra Proportional. 1619.
  • Elementi delle quantità irrationali 'o inesplicabili, necessarii alle operationi geometriche, algebratiche, & altre doue si tratta di numeri, & linee in qual si voglia scienza, ò arte, etc. Bologna 1620.

literature

  • Gottwald, Illgauds, Schlote Lexicon of Important Mathematicians 1990
personal data
SURNAME Cataldi, Pietro
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cataldi, Pietro Antonio (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian mathematician
DATE OF BIRTH April 15, 1548
PLACE OF BIRTH Bologna
DATE OF DEATH February 11, 1626
Place of death Bologna