Gian Francesco Malfatti (1731–1807)

Born 1731 CE, died 1807 CE.

Giovanni Francesco Giuseppe Malfatti, also known as Gian Francesco or Gianfrancesco (26 September 1731 – 9 October 1807) was an Italian mathematician. Best known for posing the Malfatti problem, he was also the first mathematician to “solve” the quintic using a resolvent of sixth degree.

Text from the Wikipedia article Gian_Francesco_Malfatti, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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