Nicolaus Bernoulli (* October 21, 1687 in Basel, † November 29, 1759 in Basel), sometimes also written Nicolas or Nikolas, was a Swiss mathematician; he was the nephew of Jacob and Johann Bernoulli. Events March 19 - The men under explorer Robert Cavelier de La Salle murder him while searching for the mouth of the Mississippi River. ... Basel (British English traditionally: Basle and more recently Basel , German: Basel , French: Bâle , Italian: Basilea ) is Switzerlands third most populous city (166,563 inhabitants (2004); 690,000 inhabitants in the conurbation stretching across the immediate cantonal and national boundaries made Basel Switzerlands second-largest urban area as... 1759 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... This article is about the domestic group. ... Jakob Bernoulli. ... Johann Bernoulli (Basel, July 27, 1667 - January 1, 1748) was a Swiss mathematician. ...

In 1704 he graduated at the University of Basel under Jakob Bernoulli and obtained his PhD 5 years later with a work on probability theory in law. 1716 he obtained the Galileo-chair at the university of Padova, where he worked on differential equations and geometry. In 1722 he returned to Switzerland and obtained a chair in Logics at the University of Basel. Events Building of the Students Monument in Aiud, Romania. ... The University of Basel (German: Universität Basel) is located at Basel, Switzerland. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Probability theory is the mathematical study of phenomena characterized by randomness or uncertainty. ... // Events August 5 - In the Battle of Peterwardein 40. ... Galileo can refer to: Galileo Galilei, astronomer, philosopher, and physicist (1564 - 1642) the Galileo spacecraft, a NASA space probe that visited Jupiter and its moons the Galileo positioning system Life of Galileo, a play by Bertolt Brecht Galileo (1975) - screen adaptation of the play Life of Galileo by Bertolt Brecht... Tronco Maestro Riviera: a pedestrian walk along a section of the inland waterway or naviglio interno of Padua The city of Padua (Lat. ... In mathematics, a differential equation is an equation in which the derivatives of a function appear as variables. ... Table of Geometry, from the 1728 Cyclopaedia. ... // Events Abraham De Moivre states De Moivres theorem connecting trigonometric functions and complex numbers Publication of the first book of Bachs Well-Tempered Clavier Fall of Persias Safavid dynasty during a bloody revolt of the Afghani people. ... Logic, from Classical Greek λόγος (logos), originally meaning the word, or what is spoken, (but coming to mean thought or reason) is most often said to be the study of arguments, although the exact definition of logic is a matter of controversy among philosophers. ... The University of Basel (German: Universität Basel) is located at Basel, Switzerland. ...

His most important contributions can be found in his letters, in particular to Pierre Rémond de Montmort. In these letters, he introduced in particular the St. Petersburg Paradox. He also communicated with Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz and Leonhard Euler. In probability theory and decision theory the St. ... Gottfried Leibniz Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz (July 1, 1646 in Leipzig - November 14, 1716 in Hannover) was a German philosopher, scientist, mathematician, diplomat, librarian, and lawyer of Sorb descent. ... Euler redirects here. ...

External links

• O'Connor, John J., and Edmund F. Robertson. "Nicolaus I Bernoulli". MacTutor History of Mathematics archive.