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4000 BCE
Babylonian Tablets
The Babylonians solved cubic functions with the help of tables and the remains were found on engraved tablets. -
1550 BCE
Baskara II
Baskara II contributed to solving cubic equations along with many other mathematical contributions. -
1247 BCE
Quin Jiushao
Quin Jiushao solves cubic equations in his book Shushu Jiuzhang. -
1131 BCE
Omar Khayyam
Omar Khayyam helped in developing theories of cubic functions. These theories were published in Treatise on Demonstration of Problems of Algebra -
626 BCE
Jigu Suanjing
Wang Xiaotong solved 25 cubic functions -
560 BCE
Archimedes
Archimedes solved cubic equations in his work with spheres and cylinders -
430 BCE
Hippocrates
Hippocrates reduced duplicating the cube -
350 BCE
Menaechmus
Menaechmus made developments in using conics for solving cubic equations -
1225
Fibonacci
Fibonacci finds a solutions to a cubic equation -
1526
Scipione del Ferro
He solved the depressed cubic equation. -
1530
Tartaglia
Tartaglia claimed a solution to two cubics -
Francois Viete
View contributed to the history by deriving the trigonometric solution for the cubic equation with three real roots -
Rene Descartes
Descartes summarized and extended the Viète’s study -
Cardano
Cardano published Tartaglia's work. This method for solving cubics is known as the Cardano’s method