Mathematical historians now credit both Cardano and Tartaglia with the formula to solve cubic equations, referring to it as the
"Cardano-Tartaglia Formula." Tartaglia is known for reporting solutions of three different forms of the cubic equation in a poem (1534). Below we offer Boston poet Kellie Gutman's English translation of Tartaglia's verse, followed by the original Italian.
When X Cubed by Niccolò Tartaglia (1500–1557) (Englished by Kellie Gutman)
When x cubed’s summed with m times x and then
Set equal to some number, a relation
Is found where r less s will equal n.
Now multiply these terms. This combination
rs will equal m thirds to the third;
This gives us a quadratic situation,
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Monday, January 25, 2016
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