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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 127,409 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Rafael Bombelli is the 163rd most popular mathematician (up from 173rd in 2019), the 1,166th most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,207th in 2019) and the 16th 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 163 out of 823Before him are Paul Ehrenfest, Ernst Zermelo, Hermann of Reichenau, Étienne Bézout, Gösta Mittag-Leffler, and Mary Jackson. After him are Jost Bürgi, Jean Gaston Darboux, Wacław Sierpiński, Zu Chongzhi, Colin Maclaurin, and Conon of Samos.

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Contemporaries

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

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Rafael Bombelli ranks 1,166 out of 4,668Before him are Pope Leo VIII (900), Leonardo Vinci (1690), Taddeo Gaddi (1290), Saint Silvia (515), Palma Vecchio (1480), and Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Calvus (-265). After him are Luciano Spalletti (1959), Johnny Torrio (1882), Jacopo della Quercia (1374), Gino Severini (1883), Federico Zuccari (1539), and Publius Licinius Crassus (-86).

Among MATHEMATICIANS In Italy

Among mathematicians born in Italy, Rafael Bombelli ranks 16Before him are Giuseppe Peano (1858), Bonaventura Cavalieri (1598), Lodovico Ferrari (1522), Aloysius Lilius (1510), Giambattista della Porta (1535), and Vincenzo Viviani (1622). After him are Vito Volterra (1860), Scipione del Ferro (1465), Paolo Ruffini (1765), Tullio Levi-Civita (1873), Giovanni Ceva (1647), and Eugenio Beltrami (1835).