It is unclear exactly how Bombelli learnt of the leading mathematical works of the day, but of course he lived in the right part of Italy to be involved in the major events surrounding the solution of cubic and quartic equations . Scipione del Ferro, the first to solve the cubic equation was the professor at Bologna, Bombelli's home town, but del Ferro died the year that Bombelli was born.
Scipione del Ferro, ang unang upang malutas ang kubiko equation ay ang mga propesor sa Bologna, Bombelli's home town, ngunit del Ferro namatay ang mga taon na Bombelli ay ipinanganak.