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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1698
- Died
- 1746
- Works
- 26
Top works
- A treatise of algebra
- A treatise of practical geometry, in three parts
- Traité d'algebre
- Traité des fluxions
- An account of Sir Isaac Newton's philosophical discoveries
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Key facts
- Born
- February 1698, Kilmodan , Cowal , Argyll , Scotland
- Died
- 14 June 1746 (aged 48), Edinburgh , Scotland
- 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
- Fields
- Mathematician
- Institutions
- Marischal College , University of Aberdeen , University of Edinburgh
- Academic advisors
- Robert Simson
- Notable students
- Robert Adam
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Encyclopedic overview
Colin Maclaurin (/məˈklɔːrən/; Scottish Gaelic: Cailean MacLabhruinn; February 1698 – 14 June 1746) was a Scottish mathematician who made important contributions to geometry and algebra. 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), his surname is alternatively written MacLaurin.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Colin MacLaurin” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.