Giovanni Sfortunati
Giovanni Sfortunati (active in the 16th century) was an Italian mathematician.[1]
Sfrtunati was born in Siena. His book Nuovo lume ("New light", 1544) was one of the main sources for the work General trattato de' numeri et misure by Niccolò Tartaglia.[2]
Works
- Nuovo lume (in Italian). Bernardino Bindoni. 1544.
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References
- Sfortunati, Giovanni
- Gavagna, Veronica. (2010). L'insegnamento dell'aritmetica nel "General trattato" di Niccolò Tartaglia. Niccolò Tartaglia. Atti della Giornata di Studio in Memoria di Niccolò Tartaglia Nel 450 Anniversario della Sua Morte. 101–138.
- Tucci U., Manuali d’aritmetica e mentalità mercantile tra Medioevo e Rinascimento, ne Il tempo cit., p. 55
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