Niccolò Tartaglia belongs to the mathematical record as a figure whose results outlasted the problems that prompted them.
The record lists Niccolò Tartaglia as Italian mathematician (1499–1557).
Niccolò Tartaglia was born at Brescia in 1499. His recorded nationality is Italy.
Symbolic algebra was taking shape in this period, and printing let a proof reach mathematicians who would never meet its author.
The recorded fields of work are mathematics.
Among his principal contributions are Nova Scientia, Euclide Megarense philosopho: solo introduttore delle scientie mathematice and Trattato di numeri et misure. Mathematics is the one discipline whose results, once proved, are never overturned.
That the work was done from Italy matters: mathematical training, institutions and the language of publication have never been evenly distributed.
Niccolò Tartaglia died in 1557, aged 58. The proofs remain, and a proof does not decay - which is the particular permanence mathematics offers.
Achievements
- Notable work: Nova Scientia
- Notable work: Euclide Megarense philosopho: solo introduttore delle scientie mathematice
- Notable work: Trattato di numeri et misure
- Notable work: Quesiti, et Inventioni Diverse
- Fields: mathematics
