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Jacopo Riccati
1754Apr, 15

Jacopo Riccati

Jacopo Riccati, Italian mathematician and academic (b. 1676)
Jacopo Francesco Riccati (28 May 1676 – 15 April 1754) was a Venetian mathematician and jurist from Venice. He is best known for having studied the equation which bears his name.

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