Johann Bernoulli

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Swiss mathematician human mathematician

Johann Bernoulli was a prominent Swiss mathematician of the late 17th and early 18th centuries, known for his foundational work in calculus and contributions to the calculus of variations and differential equations.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Johann Bernoulli canonical	15
Johann II Bernoulli	3
Johann Bernoulli II	2

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Swiss mathematician ⓘ human ⓘ mathematician ⓘ
academicDegree	doctorate in medicine ⓘ
child	Daniel Bernoulli ⓘ Johann Bernoulli self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Johann II Bernoulli Nicolaus Bernoulli ⓘ surface form: Nicolaus II Bernoulli
countryOfCitizenship	Switzerland ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1667-08-06 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1748-01-01 ⓘ
educatedAt	University of Basel ⓘ
employer	University of Basel ⓘ University of Groningen ⓘ
era	17th century mathematics ⓘ 18th century mathematics ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Swiss ⓘ
familyName	Bernoulli ⓘ
fieldOfWork	calculus ⓘ calculus of variations ⓘ differential equations ⓘ mathematics ⓘ mechanics ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
givenName	Johann ⓘ
influenced	Daniel Bernoulli ⓘ Leonhard Euler ⓘ development of infinitesimal calculus ⓘ
knownFor	contributions to differential equations ⓘ contributions to the calculus of variations ⓘ foundational work in calculus ⓘ work on the brachistochrone problem ⓘ
memberOf	Bernoulli family ⓘ
notableIdea	development of the calculus of variations ⓘ early work on integrating factor methods ⓘ use of exponential functions in calculus ⓘ
notableWork	brachistochrone problem ⓘ early work on the calculus of variations ⓘ exponential calculus ⓘ solutions to differential equations ⓘ
occupation	professor of mathematics ⓘ university teacher ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Basel-Stadt ⓘ surface form: Basel Old Swiss Confederacy ⓘ surface form: Swiss Confederacy
placeOfDeath	Basel-Stadt ⓘ surface form: Basel
positionHeld	professor of mathematics at University of Basel ⓘ professor of mathematics at University of Groningen ⓘ
sibling	Jakob Bernoulli ⓘ surface form: Jacob Bernoulli Nicolaus Bernoulli ⓘ
student	Daniel Bernoulli ⓘ Guillaume de l’Hôpital ⓘ Leonhard Euler ⓘ Pierre Varignon ⓘ

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Subject: Johann Bernoulli
Description of subject: Johann Bernoulli was a prominent Swiss mathematician of the late 17th and early 18th centuries, known for his foundational work in calculus and contributions to the calculus of variations and differential equations.

Referenced by (20)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Leonhard Euler → doctoralAdvisor → Johann Bernoulli ⓘ

University of Groningen → hasNotableAlumni → Johann Bernoulli ⓘ

Jakob Bernoulli → sibling → Johann Bernoulli ⓘ

Jakob Bernoulli → influenced → Johann Bernoulli ⓘ

Johann Bernoulli → child → Johann Bernoulli self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Johann II Bernoulli

University of Basel → hasNotableAlumnus → Johann Bernoulli ⓘ

Bernoulli → notableMember → Johann Bernoulli ⓘ

subject surface form: Bernoulli family

Bernoulli → notableMember → Johann Bernoulli ⓘ

subject surface form: Bernoulli family

this entity surface form: Johann II Bernoulli

Bernoulli family → notableMember → Johann Bernoulli ⓘ

this entity surface form: Johann Bernoulli II

Ars Conjectandi → dedicatedTo → Johann Bernoulli ⓘ

Nicolaus Bernoulli → sibling → Johann Bernoulli ⓘ

Nicolaus Bernoulli → relative → Johann Bernoulli ⓘ

this entity surface form: Johann Bernoulli II

Nicolaus Bernoulli → studiedUnder → Johann Bernoulli ⓘ

brachistochrone problem → posedBy → Johann Bernoulli ⓘ

Daniel Bernoulli → sibling → Johann Bernoulli ⓘ

this entity surface form: Johann II Bernoulli

Daniel Bernoulli → father → Johann Bernoulli ⓘ

Guillaume de l’Hôpital → influencedBy → Johann Bernoulli ⓘ

Guillaume de l’Hôpital → studentOf → Johann Bernoulli ⓘ

Guillaume de l’Hôpital → collaboratedWith → Johann Bernoulli ⓘ