Jakob Bernoulli

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Swiss mathematician human mathematician

Jakob Bernoulli was a pioneering Swiss mathematician of the late 17th century, renowned for his foundational work in calculus and probability theory, including the early formulation of the law of large numbers.

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Label	Occurrences
Jacob Bernoulli	9
Jakob Bernoulli canonical	6

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Swiss mathematician ⓘ human ⓘ mathematician ⓘ
authorOf	Ars Conjectandi ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Old Swiss Confederacy ⓘ surface form: Swiss Confederacy Switzerland ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1654-01-06 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1705-08-16 ⓘ
educatedAt	University of Basel ⓘ
employer	University of Basel ⓘ
era	17th century ⓘ early modern period ⓘ
familyName	Bernoulli ⓘ
fieldOfWork	analysis ⓘ calculus ⓘ combinatorics ⓘ mathematics ⓘ number theory ⓘ probability theory ⓘ
givenName	Johann ⓘ surface form: Jakob
influenced	Abraham de Moivre ⓘ Johann Bernoulli ⓘ Leonhard Euler ⓘ Pierre-Simon Laplace ⓘ
influencedBy	Blaise Pascal ⓘ Christiaan Huygens ⓘ René Descartes ⓘ
knownFor	Bernoulli numbers ⓘ Bernoulli trials ⓘ early work in calculus ⓘ foundational work in probability theory ⓘ law of large numbers ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	German ⓘ Latin ⓘ
memberOf	Bernoulli family ⓘ
notableConcept	Bernoulli numbers ⓘ Bernoulli trials ⓘ law of large numbers ⓘ
notableWork	Ars Conjectandi ⓘ
occupation	professor ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Basel-Stadt ⓘ surface form: Basel Old Swiss Confederacy ⓘ surface form: Swiss Confederacy
placeOfDeath	Basel-Stadt ⓘ surface form: Basel Old Swiss Confederacy ⓘ surface form: Swiss Confederacy
positionHeld	professor of mathematics at the University of Basel ⓘ
sibling	Johann Bernoulli ⓘ Nicolaus Bernoulli ⓘ
studied	philosophy ⓘ theology ⓘ

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De ratiociniis in ludo aleae → influenced → Jakob Bernoulli ⓘ

Johann Bernoulli → sibling → Jakob Bernoulli ⓘ

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Bernoulli → notableMember → Jakob Bernoulli ⓘ

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subject surface form: Bernoulli numbers

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subject surface form: Bernoulli distribution

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Bernoulli → namedAfter → Jakob Bernoulli ⓘ

subject surface form: Bernoulli trial

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Bernoulli family → notableMember → Jakob Bernoulli ⓘ

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Ars Conjectandi → author → Jakob Bernoulli ⓘ

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law of large numbers → historicalContributor → Jakob Bernoulli ⓘ

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Nicolaus Bernoulli → sibling → Jakob Bernoulli ⓘ

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Bernoulli lemniscate → namedAfter → Jakob Bernoulli ⓘ

Bernoulli lemniscate → discoveredBy → Jakob Bernoulli ⓘ

brachistochrone problem → receivedSolutionsFrom → Jakob Bernoulli ⓘ

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Daniel Bernoulli → uncle → Jakob Bernoulli ⓘ

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