Pietro Paolo Caravaggio



Pietro Paolo Caravaggio (1617 – 30 October 1688) or Petro Paulo Caravagio was an Italian mathematician.

Life
Citizen of the Duchy of Milan during the Spanish domination, he was a professor of mathematics at the Palatine School and a close friend of the poet and mathematician Tommaso Ceva. He corresponded with Vincenzo Viviani, Antonio Magliabechi and Pietro Mengoli. Caravaggio is well known for the work In geometria male restaurata that he dedicated to king Philip IV of Spain, in which he introduces geometry as the queen of arts, architecture, industry, and domain of the territory.