Nicolaus Bernoulli; (also Nicolas or Nikolas, Polish equivalent - Nicholas); (born 21 October 1687 in Basel, died 29 November 1759) is a Swiss mathematician, nephew of Jacob and Johann Bernoulli.
In 1704 he graduated from the University of Basel, and five years later he obtained his doctorate in probability theory. In 1716 he took the chair of physics at the University of Padua; He worked there. differential equations and geometry. In 1722 he returned to Switzerland, where he took up his university of logic at his home university.
The greatest achievements of Nicholas Bernoulli are contained in his correspondence, especially with the French mathematician Peter de Montmort. In these letters he first described the problem of the so- The parish of St. Petersburg (although the name - as well as its solution - comes from his cousin Daniel). Nicholas Bernoulli was also in touch with Godfrey Leibniz and Leonard Euler. Authoritative control (person):
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