Jacob Bernoulli
Mathematician, Academic
1654 – 1705
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Who was Jacob Bernoulli?
Jacob Bernoulli was one of the many prominent mathematicians in the Bernoulli family. He was an early proponent of Leibnizian calculus and had sided with Leibniz during the Leibniz–Newton calculus controversy. He is known for his numerous contributions to calculus, and along with his brother Johann, was one of the founders the calculus of variations. However, his most important contribution was in the field of probability, where he derived the first version of the law of large numbers in his work Ars Conjectandi.
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- Born
- Dec 27, 1654
Basel - Also known as
- James Bernoulli
- Jacques Bernoulli
- Siblings
- Religion
- Calvinism
- Nationality
- Switzerland
- Profession
- Education
- University of Basel
- Lived in
- Switzerland
- Died
- Aug 16, 1705
Old Swiss Confederacy
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on July 23, 2013
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