Paolo Ruffini
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Paolo Ruffini (Valentano, 1765 – Modena, 1822) was an Italian mathematician and philosopher. Among his work was an incomplete proof that quintic (and higher-order) equations cannot be solved by radicals and Ruffini's rule, a quick method for polynomial division.
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- O'Connor, John J., and Edmund F. Robertson. "Paolo Ruffini". MacTutor History of Mathematics archive.de:Paolo Ruffini
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