Giovanni Sfortunati

Giovanni Sfortunati (active in the 16th century) was an Italian mathematician.[1]

Nuovo lume, 1544

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

  1. Sfortunati, Giovanni
  2. 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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