jan 1, 1545 - Cardano's "Ars Magna"
Description:
"Ars Magna" is a work written by Italian mathematician Geronimo Cardano in 1545. This text provided solutions to cubic and quartic equations, which was a massive contribution to the development of algebra. However, these were not his original discoveries. In this work Cardano also explored the idea of imaginary numbers.Added to timeline:
Date:
jan 1, 1545
Now
~ 480 years ago