alleryStart learning →Which book included a calculation with complex numbers arising from cubics?
AFibonacci's Flos
BJigu Suanjing
CEuclid's Elements
DCardano's Ars Magna
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Correct answer: D. Cardano's Ars Magna
Cardano's Ars Magna contains a calculation with square roots of negative numbers arising from cubics.
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