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Bonaventura Cavalieri
1598 – 1647 · aged 49
Italian mathematician and astronomer (1598–1647)
- Born
- 1598 · Milan
- Died
- 30 Nov 1647 · Bologna
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- 1598BornBorn in Milan
- 1629 – 1647RolePrior
- 30 Nov 1647DiedDied in Bologna
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- 1642 – 1651English Civil War
Biography
Bonaventura Francesco Cavalieri (Latin: Bonaventura Cavalerius; 1598 – 30 November 1647) was an Italian mathematician and a Jesuate. He is known for his work on the problems of optics and motion, work on indivisibles, the precursors of infinitesimal calculus, and the introduction of logarithms to Italy. Cavalieri's principle in geometry partially anticipated integral calculus.
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