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Rafael Bombelli

1526 - 1573

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Rafael Bombelli (baptised on 20 January 1526; died 1572) was an Italian mathematician. Born in Bologna, he is the author of a treatise on algebra and is a central figure in the understanding of imaginary numbers. He was the one who finally managed to address the problem with imaginary numbers. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rafael Bombelli has received more than 137,847 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. Rafael Bombelli is the 181st most popular mathematician (down from 163rd in 2019), the 1,274th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,163rd in 2019) and the 17th most popular Italian Mathematician.

Rafael Bombelli was a mathematician and physicist who was most famous for his work in the field of infinitesimal calculus.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Rafael Bombelli ranks 181 out of 1,004. Before him are Jean-Pierre Serre, Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus, Édouard Lucas, Conon of Samos, Ernst Zermelo, and Leo Perutz. After him are Ibn Yunus, James Gregory, Menaechmus, Vito Volterra, Jan Łukasiewicz, and Ahmes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1526, Rafael Bombelli ranks 7. Before him are Giuseppe Arcimboldo, Catherine Jagiellon, Akechi Mitsuhide, Elizabeth of Austria, Augustus, Elector of Saxony, and Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp. After him are Taqi ad-Din Muhammad ibn Ma'ruf, Bâkî, Benedict the Moor, Wolfgang, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken, Álvaro de Bazán, 1st Marquess of Santa Cruz, and Matsudaira Hirotada. Among people deceased in 1573, Rafael Bombelli ranks 5. Before him are Takeda Shingen, Fatma Sultan, Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola, and Joanna of Austria, Princess of Portugal. After him are Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda, Matija Gubec, Johann Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, Azai Nagamasa, Hedwig Jagiellon, Electress of Brandenburg, Michel de l'Hôpital, and Malyuta Skuratov.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Rafael Bombelli ranks 1,274 out of 5,161. Before him are Daniela Bianchi (1942), Cristofano Allori (1577), Tarpeia (-800), Bohemond II of Antioch (1108), Andreas Hofer (1767), and Luigi Tenco (1938). After him are Ugo Tognazzi (1922), Publius Licinius Crassus (-86), Thomas Cajetan (1469), Gaius Valerius Flaccus (45), Princess Maria Antonia of Naples and Sicily (1784), and Adolfo Celi (1922).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Italy

Among mathematicians born in Italy, Rafael Bombelli ranks 17. Before him are Bonaventura Cavalieri (1598), Lodovico Ferrari (1522), Aloysius Lilius (1510), Vincenzo Viviani (1622), Scipione del Ferro (1465), and Giambattista della Porta (1535). After him are Vito Volterra (1860), Giovanni Ceva (1647), Tullio Levi-Civita (1873), Paolo Ruffini (1765), Jacopo Riccati (1676), and Lorenzo Mascheroni (1750).

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