Elena damario e paolo ruffini biography

Paolo Ruffini's father, Basilio Ruffini, was a medical doctor in Valentano. As a young child Paolo was [4]:-

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Paolo ruffini biography

of a mystical temperament and appeared to be destined for the priesthood...

The family moved to Reggio, near Modena in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy, when Paolo was a teenager. He entered the University of Modena in 1783 where he studied mathematics, medicine, philosophy and literature.

Among his teachers of mathematics at Modena were Luigi Fantini, who taught Ruffini geometry, and Paolo Cassiani, who taught him calculus.

The Este family ruled Modena and, in 1787, Cassiani was appointed as a councillor for the Este estates.

Paolo ruffini biografia

Cassiani's course at Modena on the foundations of analysis was taken over by Ruffini in 1787-88 although he was still a student at this time. On 9 June 1788 Ruffini graduated with a degree in philosophy, medicine and surgery. Soon after this he graduated with a mathematics degree.

Ruffini must have made a good job