Died 1822-05-10.
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Paolo Ruffini
Paolo Ruffini was an Italian mathematician and philosopher. Remembered chiefly for what is now known as the Abel–Ruffini theorem, Ruffini also made a major contribution to the theory of equations, developing the so-called theory of substitutions, the forerunner of modern group theory.
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science · Italian mathematician and philosopher (1765–1822) · mathematician · physician · philosopher · also Paolo Ruffini, Paulo Ruffini, Ruffini
Born 22 September 1765 · Died 10 May 1822 · Q318057
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1816· 2 entries
Career landmark: president (1816–1822).
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Succeeded Antonio Cagnoli as president of the National Academy of Sciences
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1814· 2 entries
Career landmark: rector (1814–1822).
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Ruffini returned to the University of Modena as rector, in addition to holding professorships in mathematics and medicine
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1813· 2 entries
Ruffini gave a different demonstration of his theorem that largely coincides with what is now called Wantzel's modification of the theorem of Ruffini–Abel
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Ruffini applies his method to the extraction of roots of numbers and gives in full several illustrations of the process
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1806· 1 entry
Opposed Erasmus Darwin's philosophical system, while in his Riflessioni critiche (1821) he refuted Pierre-Simon Laplace’s Essai philosophique sur les probabilités (1812)
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1804· 2 entries
Ruffini won a gold medal offered by the Società Italiana delle Scienze for the best method of determining the roots of a numerical equation of any degree, the famous Ruffini's rule
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This rule was a significant contribution to the field of algebra and remains a valuable tool in polynomial manipulation
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1788· 1 entry
Studied at University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (1783–1788).
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1765· 1 entry
Born 1765-09-22.
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