# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/pietro-cataldi
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:41:48.949Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/pietro-cataldi"
name: "Pietro Cataldi"
slug: "pietro-cataldi"
description: "Pietro Antonio Cataldi was an Italian mathematician. A citizen of Bologna, he taught mathematics and astronomy and also worked on military problems. His work included the development of simple continued fractions and a method for their representation. He was one of many mathematicians who attempted to prove Euclid's fifth postulate."
tagline: "Italian mathematician (1552–1626)"
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gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "academics"
profileType:
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birthDate: "1552-04-15"
deathDate: "1626-02-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
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ranks:
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump