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Rafael Bombelli

1526 - 1573

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Rafael Bombelli (baptised on 20 January 1526; died 1572) was an Italian mathematician. Born in Bologna, he is the author of a treatise on algebra and is a central figure in the understanding of imaginary numbers. He was the one who finally managed to address the problem with imaginary numbers. In his 1572 book, L'Algebra, Bombelli solved equations using the method of del Ferro/Tartaglia. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Rafael Bombelli is the 191st most popular mathematician (down from 181st in 2019), the 1,201st most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,274th in 2019) and the 18th most popular Italian Mathematician.

Rafael Bombelli was a mathematician and physicist who was most famous for his work in the field of infinitesimal calculus.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Rafael Bombelli ranks 191 out of 1,004. Before him are Alonzo Church, Jean Gaston Darboux, Jakob Steiner, Hans Hahn, G. I. Taylor, and Harald Bohr. After him are Peter Ludwig Mejdell Sylow, Étienne-Louis Malus, Wacław Sierpiński, Camille Jordan, Jan Łukasiewicz, and René Thom.

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Among people born in 1526, Rafael Bombelli ranks 5. Before him are Giuseppe Arcimboldo, Akechi Mitsuhide, Catherine Jagiellon, and Elizabeth of Austria. After him are Augustus, Elector of Saxony, Benedict the Moor, Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, Taqi ad-Din Muhammad ibn Ma'ruf, Wolfgang, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken, Álvaro de Bazán, 1st Marquess of Santa Cruz, and Bâkî. Among people deceased in 1573, Rafael Bombelli ranks 6. Before him are Takeda Shingen, Fatma Sultan, Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola, Joanna of Austria, Princess of Portugal, and Johann Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Weimar. After him are Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda, Azai Nagamasa, Matija Gubec, Hedwig Jagiellon, Electress of Brandenburg, Antun Vrančić, and Michel de l'Hôpital.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Rafael Bombelli ranks 1,201 out of 5,161. Before him are Gaius Claudius Glaber (-200), Philip I, Prince of Taranto (1278), Erasmo of Narni (1370), Giovanni Segantini (1858), Persius (34), and Alessandro Valignano (1539). After him are Archduchess Maria Clementina of Austria (1777), Tina Modotti (1896), Tigellinus (10), Elisabetta Sirani (1638), Pietro Longhi (1701), and Ciriaco de' Pizzicolli (1391).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Italy

Among mathematicians born in Italy, Rafael Bombelli ranks 18. Before him are Lodovico Ferrari (1522), Vincenzo Viviani (1622), Aloysius Lilius (1510), Scipione del Ferro (1465), Vito Volterra (1860), and Giambattista della Porta (1535). After him are Tullio Levi-Civita (1873), Giovanni Ceva (1647), Paolo Ruffini (1765), Jacopo Riccati (1676), Lorenzo Mascheroni (1750), and Enrico Bombieri (1940).

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