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This purely recreational paper is about one of the most colorful characters of the Italian Renaissance, Girolamo Cardano, and the discovery of two basic ingredients of quantum theory, probability and complex numbers.

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  1. Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3LB, UK

    Artur Ekert

  2. Centre for Quantum Technologies, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 117543, Singapore

    Artur Ekert

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Ekert, A. Complex and unpredictable Cardano. Int J Theor Phys 47, 2101–2119 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10773-008-9775-1

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