A further analysis of Cardano's main tool in the \textit{De regula aliza}: on the origins of the splittings

DOI10.1007/s00407-018-0209-zzbMath1392.01008OpenAlexW2794742674MaRDI QIDQ1643450

Sara Confalonieri

Publication date: 19 June 2018

Published in: Archive for History of Exact Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00407-018-0209-z

zbMATH Keywords

quadratic irrational numberCardano algebra

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 15th and 16th centuries, Renaissance (01A40) History of field theory (12-03)

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• Continued proportions and Tartaglia's solution of cubic equations
• The \textit{casus irreducibilis} in Cardano's \textit{Ars magna} and \textit{De regula aliza}
• The Unattainable Attempt to Avoid the Casus Irreducibilis for Cubic Equations

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