Girolamo Cardano
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A polymath who learned Tartaglia's method, discovered the solution to the full cubic equation, and published 'Ars Magna'.
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Lex Fridman
Italian mathematician, physician, biologist, physicist, chemist, astrologer, astronomer. Discussed for his discovery of square roots of negative numbers while solving cubic equations, enduring 'mental tortures' to accept these 'impossible' numbers, leading to complex numbers.
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A polymath who learned Tartaglia's method, discovered the solution to the full cubic equation, and published 'Ars Magna'.