Cubic equation
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In algebra, a cubic equation in one variable is an equation of the form a x 3 + b x 2 + c x + d = 0 in which a is not zero.
Niccolò Fontana Tartaglia
Nicolo Tartaglia
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Nicolo, known as Tartaglia, was an Italian mathematician, engineer, a surveyor and a bookkeeper from the then Republic of Venice. He published many books, including the first Italian translations of A
Cubic equation
…known to him at that time. Del Ferro kept his achievement secret until just before his death, when he told his student Antonio Fior about it. In 1535, Niccolò Tartaglia (1500–1557) received two problems in cubic equations from Zuanne da Coi and announced that he could solve them. He was soon challenged by Fior, which…
Engraving by Philip Galle printed by Christophe Plantin with text written by Benito Arias Montano, 1572
Various projectile trajectories from Nova Scientia.
General trattato di numeri et misure, 1556
Tartaglia's triangle from General Trattato di Numeri et Misure, Part II, Book 2, p. 69.