Paolo Ruffini

Paolo Ruffini

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birth_date = september 22, 1765
birth_place = Valentano
death_date = May 9, 1822
death_place = Modena
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field = mathematics
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Paolo Ruffini (september 22, 1765May 9, 1822) was an Italian mathematician and philosopher. Among his work was an incomplete proof that quintic (and higher-order) equations cannot be solved by radicals and Ruffini's rule, a quick method for polynomial division. [MacTutor Biography|id=Ruffini]

Born in Valentano, he practiced as both a professor of mathematics and a doctor [ [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13220b.htm Paolo Ruffini] - Catholic Encyclopedia article] . He died at Modena.

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