Tommaso Ceva

Tommaso Ceva
Tommaso Ceva
Born	December 20, 1648
Died	February 3, 1737 Milan
Nationality	Italian
Fields	mathematics
Influenced	Saccheri

Tommaso Ceva (December 20, 1648 – February 3, 1737) was an Italian Jesuit mathematician from Milan. He was the brother of Giovanni Ceva.

He was a professor of mathematics at Jesuit College of Brera in Milan and his most famous student was Saccheri. His only mathematical work, published in 1699 was the Opuscula Mathematica which dealt with geometry, gravity and arithmetic. He was also a noted poet and dedicated a significant amount of his time to this task.

He died in Milan in 1737.

External links

• O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Tommaso Ceva", MacTutor History of Mathematics archive, University of St Andrews, http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Ceva_Tommaso.html .
•  "Thomas Ceva". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. 1913. 

See also

• List of Jesuit scientists
• List of Roman Catholic scientist-clerics

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Name	Ceva, Tommaso
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Date of birth	December 20, 1648
Place of birth
Date of death	February 3, 1737
Place of death	Milan