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          Niccolò Fontana Tartaglia ( – ) was an Italian mathematician, engineer and bookkeeper....

          On this day in , Niccolò Tartaglia told Cardan about his method of solving cubic equations.

        1. On this day in , Niccolò Tartaglia told Cardan about his method of solving cubic equations.
        2. Italian mathematician, topographer, and military scientist.
        3. Niccolò Fontana Tartaglia ( – ) was an Italian mathematician, engineer and bookkeeper.
        4. Mathematician.
        5. Often referred to as just Tartaglia, Niccolò Fontana Tartaglia was an Italian mathematician and physicist who lived from to He saw.

          6. Biography

          Niccolò Fontana, known as Tartaglia, was born in Brescia in 1499 or 1500, the son of an honest mail rider Michele Fontana who was known as 'Micheletto the Rider'.

          Micheletto would ride his horse between Brescia and other towns in the district making deliveries. Although he was poor, Micheletto did his best for his wife, daughter and two sons, and Niccolò attended school from the age of about four years.

          Life might have been very different for Niccolò had tragedy not come when he was six years old, for at that time his father was murdered while out making deliveries. From being a child in a poor family, he was suddenly plunged into total poverty.

          Of particular interest to ballistics and fortifications expert Niccolo Tartaglia were quadratic and cubic equations, which model the behaviour.



          Niccolò was nearly killed as a teenager when, in 1512, the French captured his home town and put it to the sword. The French army was commanded by Gaston de Foix and they had suffered humiliation at the hands of some determined Brescia militia.

          They decided to teach the local inhabitants a lesson and retook Brescia during s