Pietro Paolo Caravaggio, also written Petro Paulo Caravagio, was an Italian mathematician, born in 1617 and dying on 30 October 1688. A citizen of the Duchy of Milan under Spanish rule, he was a professor of mathematics at the Palatine School and a close friend of the poet and mathematician Tommaso Ceva. He corresponded with Vincenzo Viviani, Antonio Magliabechi and Pietro Mengoli. He is well known for his work In geometria male restaurata, printed at Milan in 1650 and dedicated to King Philip IV of Spain, in which he presents geometry as the queen of the arts, architecture, industry and the domain of the territory, and he also wrote Geometria applicationum deficientium figura data specie, printed at Milan in 1659.
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Pietro Paolo Caravaggio (1617 – 30 October 1688) or Petro Paulo Caravagio was an Italian mathematician.
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Pietro Paolo Caravaggio (1617-30 October 1688) or Petro Paulo Caravagio was an Italian mathematician.
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Pietro Paolo Caravaggio (1617-30 October 1688) or Petro Paulo Caravagio was an Italian mathematician.
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Citizen of the Duchy of Milan during the Spanish domination, he was a professor of mathematics at the Palatine School and a close friend of the poet and mathematician Tommaso Ceva.
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Caravaggio is well known for the work In geometria male restaurata that he dedicated to king Philip IV of Spain, in which he introduces geometry as the queen of arts, architecture, industry, and domain of the territory.
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