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Also Known As Jerome Cardan • Gerolamo Cardano • Geronimo Cardano
Born September 24, 1501 • Pavia • Italy
Died September 21, 1576 (aged 74) • Rome • Italy
Subjects Of Study algebra • cubic equation • probability • quartic equation • typhus • number game

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