Jacopo Riccati

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Jacopo Francesco Riccati (28 May 1676 - 15 April 1754) was an Italian mathematician, born in Venice. He is now remembered for the Riccati equation.

Jacopo's son, Vincent Riccati, a Jesuit, followed his father's footsteps and pioneered the development of hyperbolic functions

He died in Treviso in 1754.

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  • O'Connor, John J., and Edmund F. Robertson. "Jacopo Riccati". MacTutor History of Mathematics archive.


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