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The History of the Cubic Equation
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The History of the Cubic Equation Biologists think they are molecular biologists. Molecular biologists think they are chemists. Chemists think they are physical chemists. Physical chemists think they are physicists. Physicists think they are God. God thinks He is a mathematician! Author Unknown (a)(i) Scipione del Ferro (ca. 1465 - 1526) is the first person known to have solved cubic equations algebraically. However, he did not disclose this remarkable achievement until he was near death. The momentous solution fell to the ears of Antonio Maria Fior, a student of del Ferro, who, upon gaining the information, began to boast that he was able to solve cubic equations. This delusion of grandeur gave rise to a public problem-solving contest between Fior and Niccolo Fontana or Tartaglia as he was more widely known. It was at this contest, set in Venice on the 22 February 1535 that Fior posed problem ? to Tartaglia. (?) There was a...
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