This article is about the Italian mathematician and astronomer. For the crater, see
Maurolycus (crater). Francesco Maurolico (in
Latin, Franciscus Maurolycus;
September 16, 1494-
July 21 or
July 22, 1575) was an
Italian mathematician and astronomer. Throughout his lifetime, he made contributions to the fields of
geometry,
optics,
conics,
mechanics,
music, and
astronomy.
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