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Scipione del Ferro

1465 - 1526

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Scipione del Ferro (6 February 1465 – 5 November 1526) was an Italian mathematician who first discovered a method to solve the depressed cubic equation. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Scipione del Ferro is the 161st most popular mathematician (down from 152nd in 2019), the 1,092nd most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,081st in 2019) and the 15th most popular Italian Mathematician.

Scipione del ferro is most famous for his discovery of the law of the lever. The law of the lever states that when two objects are in equilibrium, the force needed to move one object is equal to the force needed to move the other object.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Scipione del Ferro ranks 161 out of 1,004. Before him are Michel Rolle, Oliver Heaviside, Aloysius Lilius, Autolycus of Pitane, Aleksandr Lyapunov, and Peter Lax. After him are Ernst Kummer, Sophus Lie, Vito Volterra, Jost Bürgi, James Joseph Sylvester, and Menelaus of Alexandria.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1465, Scipione del Ferro ranks 4. Before him are Vittore Carpaccio, Hans Holbein the Elder, and Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar. After him are Kunigunde of Austria, Philibert I, Duke of Savoy, Mehmed I Giray, Gil Vicente, Agostino Chigi, Paulo da Gama, Jan Provoost, and Bramantino. Among people deceased in 1526, Scipione del Ferro ranks 6. Before him are Louis II of Hungary, Juan Sebastián Elcano, Vittore Carpaccio, Ibrahim Lodi, and Isabella of Austria. After him are Giovanni dalle Bande Nere, Emperor Go-Kashiwabara, Rodrigo de Triana, Peter Martyr d'Anghiera, Francisco Hernández de Córdoba, and Elisabetta Gonzaga.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Scipione del Ferro ranks 1,092 out of 5,161. Before him are Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (1920), Maria Cristina of Savoy (1812), Alessandro Marcello (1673), Saint Cajetan (1480), Massimo Moratti (1945), and Giuseppe Di Stefano (1921). After him are Italo Svevo (1861), Luigi Einaudi (1874), Bernardino Luini (1475), Marcomer (400), Vito Volterra (1860), and Gaspare Spontini (1774).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Italy

Among mathematicians born in Italy, Scipione del Ferro ranks 15. Before him are Philolaus (-470), Giuseppe Peano (1858), Bonaventura Cavalieri (1598), Lodovico Ferrari (1522), Vincenzo Viviani (1622), and Aloysius Lilius (1510). After him are Vito Volterra (1860), Giambattista della Porta (1535), Rafael Bombelli (1526), Tullio Levi-Civita (1873), Giovanni Ceva (1647), and Paolo Ruffini (1765).

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