Colin Maclaurin | |
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.jpg) Drawing by David Steuart Erskine c. 1795, from a portrait by James Ferguson | |
| Born | February 1698 |
| Died | 14 June 1746 (aged 48) |
| Nationality | Scottish |
| Citizenship | Great Britain |
| Alma mater | University of Glasgow |
| Known for | Euler–Maclaurin formula Maclaurin's inequality Maclaurin series Maclaurin spheroid Maclaurin–Cauchy test Braikenridge–Maclaurin theorem Trisectrix of Maclaurin |
| Awards | Grand Prize of the French Academy of Sciences |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematician |
| Institutions | Marischal College, University of Aberdeen University of Edinburgh |
| Academic advisors | Robert Simson |
| Notable students | Robert Adam |
Colin Maclaurin (/məˈklɔːrən/; Scottish Gaelic: Cailean MacLabhruinn;[pronunciation?] February 1698 – 14 June 1746)[1] was a Scottish mathematician who made important contributions to geometry and algebra.[2] He is also known for being a child prodigy and holding the record for being the youngest professor. The Maclaurin series, a special case of the Taylor series, is named after him.
Owing to changes in orthography since that time (his name was originally rendered as M'Laurine[3]), his surname is alternatively written MacLaurin.[4]
- ^ http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/Extras/Turnbull_Maclaurin_1.html Turnbull lectures on Colin Maclaurin (4 February 1947), Part I
- ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
- ^ "Colin Maclaurin: A Biographical Note" by Robin Schlapp (6 December 1946). (Note that the quotation in [1] has been altered.)
- ^ "The prickly genius – Colin MacLaurin (1698–1746)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 February 2008. Retrieved 20 January 2008.