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Also Known As Scipione Dal Ferro • Scipione del Ferro
Born 1465 • Bologna • Italy
Died 1526 (aged 61) • Bologna • Italy
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Lagrange, Joseph-Louis, comte de l'Empire
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Paolo Ruffini
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Tullio Levi-Civita
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Maria Gaetana Agnesi.
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