Bonaventura Cavalieri (1598–1647) was a prominent mathematician and a pivotal figure in the Galilei-Castelli mathematical school. Originally named Francesco Cavalieri in Milan, he adopted the name Bonaventura upon joining the Jesuati order at the age of fifteen. The Jesuati, distinct from the Jesuits, was an order established in 1360 and disbanded in 1668, recognized for […]
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