Pacioli

Luca Pacioli

Born: 1445 in Sansepolcro, Italy
Died: 1517 in Sansepolcro, Italy

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Pacioli's book the Suma published in 1494 gives a summary of the mathematics known at that time. It studies arithmetic, algebra, geometry and trigonometry and provided a basis for the major progress in mathematics which took place in Europe shortly after this time.

In 1509 he published a Latin translation of Euclid's Elements , the first printed edition. He left unpublished a work on recreational problems, geometrical problems and proverbs. It makes frequent reference to Leonardo da Vinci who worked with him on the project.

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References:

  1. Dictionary of Scientific Biography
  2. G M Biggiogero, Luca Pacioli e la sua 'Divina proportione', Rendiconti dell'Istituto lombardo di scienze e lettere 94 (1960), 3-30.
  3. N MacKinnon, The Portrait of Fra Luca Pacioli, Mathematical Gazette 77 (1993), 130-219. 
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