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Mathematician, hydraulic engineer and mathematical economist, Ceva was born in Milan in 1647 or 1648 and died in Mantua in 1734. He studied at the University of Pisa; later he obtained a post at Gonzaga’s court in Mantua, where he became the chief technician and applied his mathematical skill to technical and administrative problems.
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1971. Dictionary of Scientific Biography, vol. 3. New York: Scribner’s Sons. (On Ceva’s contribution to mathematics.)
1980. Dizionario biografico degli italiani, vol. 24. Rome: Istituto dell’Enciclopedia Italiana. (On Ceva’s life and works.)
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Gandolfo, G. (2018). Ceva, Giovanni (1647/48–1734). In: The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-349-95189-5_588
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