Paolo Ruffini was an Italian mathematician and philosopher, born at Valentano in the Papal States on 22 September 1765 and dead on 10 May 1822, remembered chiefly for what is now known as the Abel-Ruffini theorem, on the unsolvability of the general equation of degree five by radicals. He also made a major contribution to the theory of equations by developing the theory of substitutions, the forerunner of modern group theory. The son of a physician, he studied literature, medicine, mathematics and philosophy at the University of Modena, where his mathematics teachers included Luigi Fantini, Paolo Cassiani and Giovanni Battista Venturi, and at twenty-three he was elected professor of mathematics there. A conservative Catholic, he lost his chair during the French invasion of Italy because he would not take the oath to the new government.
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Paolo Ruffini (22 September 1765 – 10 May 1822) was an Italian mathematician and philosopher.
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He entered the University of Modena in 1783 where he studied mathematics, medicine, philosophy and literature.
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Paolo Ruffini (22 September 1765-10 May 1822) was an Italian mathematician and philosopher.
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Remembered chiefly for what is now known as the Abel-Ruffini theorem, Ruffini also made a major contribution to the theory of equations, developing the so-called theory of substitutions, the forerunner of modern group theory.
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Remembered chiefly for what is now known as the Abel-Ruffini theorem, Ruffini also made a major contribution to the theory of equations, developing the so-called theory of substitutions, the forerunner of modern group theory.
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