NICCOLò TARTAGLIA, GEROLAMO CARDANO & LODOVICO FERRARI

What was Niccolò Tartaglia known for?

• Designing cathedrals

• Writing poetry

• Solving cubic equations

• Being a famous painter

In which year did Tartaglia win the Bologna University mathematics competition?

• 1530

• 1535

• 1540

• 1550

What does the name 'Tartaglia' mean?

• The engineer

• The mathematician

• The stammerer

• The genius

Who published Tartaglia's solution to cubic equations in 1545?

• Lodovico Ferrari

• Scipione del Ferro

• Gerolamo Cardano

• Rafael Bombelli

What type of equations did Lodovico Ferrari solve using Tartaglia's method?

• Linear equations

• Quadratic equations

• Cubic equations

• Quartic equations

What is the name of the formula for the volume of a tetrahedron devised by Tartaglia?

• Tartaglia's Principle

• Tartaglia's Equation

• Tartaglia's Formula

• Tartaglia's Theorem

What did Gerolamo Cardano write about at the age of 25?

• Renaissance art

• The history of mathematics

• Games of chance

• Cubic equations

What did Cardano's book 'Liber de ludo aleae' discuss?

• The life of Tartaglia

• The art of chess

• The systematic treatment of probability

• The history of gambling

What are Cardano Circles used to generate?

• Hyperbolas

• Parabolas

• Hypocycloids

• Ellipses

Who was accused of heresy after publishing a horoscope of Jesus?

• Niccolò Tartaglia

• Gerolamo Cardano

• Lodovico Ferrari

• Rafael Bombelli