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Pietro Cataldi

1552 - 1626

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Pietro Antonio Cataldi (15 April 1548, Bologna – 11 February 1626, Bologna) was an Italian mathematician. A citizen of Bologna, he taught mathematics and astronomy and also worked on military problems. His work included the development of continued fractions and a method for their representation. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pietro Cataldi has received more than 39,806 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. Pietro Cataldi is the 339th most popular mathematician (up from 343rd in 2019), the 2,119th most popular biography from Italy (down from 2,099th in 2019) and the 30th most popular Italian Mathematician.

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  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.65

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.16

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Pietro Cataldi ranks 339 out of 823. Before him are George Green, Gerhard Gentzen, Abraham Wald, Edward Waring, Felix Bernstein, and Jesse Douglas. After him are Richard Hamming, Paul Lévy, William Sealy Gosset, Thomas Fincke, Stephen Smale, and Edward Kasner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1552, Pietro Cataldi ranks 17. Before him are Edmund Spenser, Petrus Plancius, Agrippa d'Aubigné, Dom Justo Takayama, Marfa Sobakina, and Anna of Cleves. After him are Paolo Sarpi, Barbara Longhi, Alberico Gentili, Edward Coke, Richard Hakluyt, and Gabriello Chiabrera. Among people deceased in 1626, Pietro Cataldi ranks 12. Before him are Ernst von Mansfeld, Isabella of Savoy, Adriaen de Vries, Louis V, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, Christian the Younger of Brunswick, and Ferdinando Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua. After him are Théophile de Viau, Paul Bril, Marino Ghetaldi, Odoardo Farnese, Salomon de Brosse, and John Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Pietro Cataldi ranks 2,119 out of 4,668. Before him are Lamberto Maggiorani (1909), Ottone Visconti (1207), Pirro Ligorio (1513), Vincenzo II Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua (1594), Marco Tardelli (1954), and Francesco Saverio Nitti (1868). After him are Mario Brega (1923), Daniele Comboni (1831), Luca Toni (1977), Giovanni Dandolo (1300), Raginpert (662), and Girolamo Priuli (1486).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Italy

Among mathematicians born in Italy, Pietro Cataldi ranks 30. Before him are Jacopo Riccati (1676), Gregorio Ricci-Curbastro (1853), Enrico Bombieri (1940), Giambattista Benedetti (1530), Ernesto Cesàro (1859), and Guidobaldo del Monte (1545). After him are Ostilio Ricci (1540), Guido Fubini (1879), Ignazio Danti (1536), Daniele Barbaro (1513), Luigi Cremona (1830), and Francesco Maurolico (1494).

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