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In the early 1500s, Scipione del Ferro at the University of Bologna discovered methods for solving "depressed cubics," a specific subset of cubic equations. However, he concealed his findings to safeguard his academic position, a common practice among mathematicians of his era. Only upon his death did he share his knowledge with his student, Antonio Fior who, motivated by speculations of grandeur, challenged another mathematician, Niccolo Fontana Tartaglia, to a duel of mathematical prowess.