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Bonaventura Cavalieri

1598 - 1647

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Bonaventura Francesco Cavalieri (Latin: Bonaventura Cavalerius; 1598 – 30 November 1647) was an Italian mathematician and a Jesuate. He is known for his work on the problems of optics and motion, work on indivisibles, the precursors of infinitesimal calculus, and the introduction of logarithms to Italy. Cavalieri's principle in geometry partially anticipated integral calculus. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bonaventura Cavalieri is the 84th most popular mathematician (down from 73rd in 2019), the 603rd most popular biography from Italy (down from 561st in 2019) and the 11th most popular Italian Mathematician.

Bonaventura Cavalieri was an Italian mathematician who is most famous for his work in geometry. He was the first person to use algebra to find the area of a circle.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Bonaventura Cavalieri ranks 84 out of 1,004. Before him are Katherine Johnson, Pappus of Alexandria, Benoit Mandelbrot, Thābit ibn Qurra, Zhang Heng, and Alfred North Whitehead. After him are Simon Stevin, Herbert A. Hauptman, Alexander Grothendieck, John Couch Adams, Thomas Harriot, and Stefan Banach.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1598, Bonaventura Cavalieri ranks 3. Before him are Gian Lorenzo Bernini, and Francisco de Zurbarán. After him are François Mansart, Giovanni Battista Riccioli, Eleonora Gonzaga, Maarten Tromp, Johann Crüger, Christian I, Count Palatine of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler, William, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, Michael van Langren, and Daniele Crespi. Among people deceased in 1647, Bonaventura Cavalieri ranks 2. Before him is Evangelista Torricelli. After him are Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange, Peter Mogila, Giovanni Lanfranco, Matthias Gallas, Zhang Xianzhong, Sebastiaen Vrancx, Christen Sørensen Longomontanus, Masaniello, Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, and Christian, Prince-Elect of Denmark.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Bonaventura Cavalieri ranks 603 out of 5,161. Before him are Pope John XIII (930), Francesco Redi (1626), Pope Anastasius II (450), Propertius (-50), Servilia (-104), and Angelo Sodano (1927). After him are Paolo Rossi (1956), Pope Leo VI (914), Nero Julius Caesar (6), Giuliano Gemma (1938), Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma (1545), and Fausto Cercignani (1941).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Italy

Among mathematicians born in Italy, Bonaventura Cavalieri ranks 11. Before him are Luca Pacioli (1445), Maria Gaetana Agnesi (1718), Niccolò Fontana Tartaglia (1499), Archytas (-428), Philolaus (-470), and Giuseppe Peano (1858). After him are Lodovico Ferrari (1522), Vincenzo Viviani (1622), Aloysius Lilius (1510), Scipione del Ferro (1465), Vito Volterra (1860), and Giambattista della Porta (1535).

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