Colin MacLaurin
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- 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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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Cancer incidence and mortality worldwide: Sources, methods and major patterns in GLOBOCAN 2012
· 2014 · cited 21,536x
- Reproducible, interactive, scalable and extensible microbiome data science using QIIME 2
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- RSEM: accurate transcript quantification from RNA-Seq data with or without a reference genome
· 2011 · cited 19,493x
- A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,321x
- Operating Characteristics of a Rank Correlation Test for Publication Bias
· 1994 · cited 14,245x
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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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Key dates
- Born
- February 1698
- Died
- 14 June 1746
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Colin
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Place of death
- Edinburgh
- Occupation
- astronomer
- Employer
- University of Edinburgh
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Doctoral advisor
- Robert Simson
Article
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.
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