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Pietro Cataldi

Pietro Cataldi
Pietro Cataldi, Italian mathematician and astronomer (d. 1626)

Pietro Antonio Cataldi was an Italian mathematician. A citizen of Bologna, he taught mathematics and astronomy and also worked on military problems. His work included the development of continued fractions and a method for their representation. He was one of many mathematicians who attempted to prove Euclid's fifth postulate.

15 April 1552

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