Cataldi

Pietro Antonio Cataldi

Born: 15 April 1548 in Bologna, Italy
Died: 11 Feb 1626 in Bologna, Italy

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Pietro Cataldi wrote on arithmetic, perfect numbers and algebra. He found square roots of numbers by use of an infinite series leading to an early investigation into continued fractions. His methods make precise ideas going back to Heron. Also he published an edition of Euclid's Elements.

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Tell me about Cataldi's work on prime numbers

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Rice University, USA

References:

  1. Dictionary of Scientific Biography
  2. P Riccardi, Biblioteca matematica italiana I (Modena, 1893), 302-310. 
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