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Bonaventura Cavalieri
1647Nov, 30

Bonaventura Cavalieri

Bonaventura Cavalieri, Italian mathematician and astronomer (b. 1598)
Bonaventura Francesco Cavalieri (Latin: Bonaventura Cavalerius; 1598 – 30 November 1647) was an Italian mathematician and a Jesuate. He is known for his work on the problems of optics and motion, work on indivisibles, the precursors of infinitesimal calculus, and the introduction of logarithms to Italy. Cavalieri's principle in geometry partially anticipated integral calculus.

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