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**Mathematics**
Arithmetic, Geometry, both saw advances in the Renaissance. the development of algebratic nation, new solutions of equations, advances in trigonometry, and the invention of logarithms.

Mathematics begins to make formidable advances in the 15th century.

The first country to be impacted were the Italians. Unhampered by previous eras of mathematical prohibitions, they freely entered the world of algebra, imprinting it with their own style.

Specially mathematical activity was largely centered in the Italian cities, and in the central European cities of Nuremberg, Vienna, and Prague. The first great Renaissance contributions to the mathematical sciences were made in Italy and Germany.

Among the various Renaissance scholars, two significant mathematicians are worth special mention because of their important contributions to the mathematical field of algebra: the french mathematician of the 16th century, Francois Viete; and the Italian mathematician Girolamo Cardano.