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Colin Maclaurin (/ m ə ˈ k l ɔː r ə n /; Scottish Gaelic: Cailean MacLabhruinn; [pronunciation? ] February 1698 – 14 June 1746) [1] was a Scottish mathematician who made important contributions to geometry and algebra . [2]
Jun 10, 2024 · Colin Maclaurin was a Scottish mathematician who developed and extended Sir Isaac Newton’s work in calculus, geometry, and gravitation. A child prodigy, he entered the University of Glasgow at age 11. At the age of 19 he was elected a professor of mathematics at Marischal College, Aberdeen, and two.
Jun 14, 2011 · Colin Maclaurin was a Scottish mathematician who published the first systematic exposition of Newton's methods, written as a reply to Berkeley's attack on the calculus for its lack of rigorous foundations. View three larger pictures. Biography. Colin Maclaurin was born in Kilmodan where his father, John Maclaurin, was the minister of the parish.
Colin Maclaurin (1698-1746) was Professor of Mathematics at Edinburgh University from 1725 to 1746. Contents. 1 Early Life. 2 Maclaurin at Edinburgh University. 3 Maclaurin and the '45. 4 Research and Publications. 5 Archives. 6 Sources. Early Life.
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May 14, 2018 · Maclaurin was the youngest of the three sons of John Maclaurin, minister of the parish of Kilmodan and a man of profound learning. John, the eldest son, followed in his father’s footsteps and became a noted divine.
Dec 17, 2019 · The Scottish scientist Colin Maclaurin (1698–1746) is mainly known as a mathematician who focused on pure mathematics. But during his life he was interested in the application of mathematics in all branches of knowledge. This article considers the relationships between theory and practice in Maclaurin's works. Disclosure statement.
Quick Reference. (1698–1746; b. Kilmodan, Scotland; d. Edinburgh, Scotland) Scottish mathematician. Orphaned by the age of nine, Maclaurin was a student at Glasgow U when aged eleven. At the age of nineteen he was appointed Professor of Mathematics at Aberdeen U. In 1719 he was elected FRS.
Scottish mathematician who became a disciple of Newton. He published the first systematic formulation of Newton's methods in A Treatise of Fluxions (1742). In this work, he developed a method for expanding functions about the origin in terms of series now known as Maclaurin series.
Colin Maclaurin. 1698-1746. Scottish Mathematician and Physicist. First mathematician to provide systematic proof of Sir Isaac Newton's (1642-1727) theorems, Colin Maclaurin was also noted for his advances in geometry and applied physics.
An outline of MacLaurin's life and career. Colin MacLaurin was born in February 1698 at Kilmodan, Glendaruel, Argyllshire, where his father was a minister. Much of MacLaurin's upbringing was the responsibility of his uncle, a minister in Kilfinan, Argyllshire: MacLaurin's father died some six weeks after his son's birth and his mother died in 1707.
