Mathematician:Nicolaus I Bernoulli

Mathematician
Swiss mathematician who worked on probability theory, geometry and differential equations.

Most of his important work can be found in his correspondence, particularly with, in which he introduced the St. Petersburg Paradox.

He also corresponded with and.

Son of and so nephew of  and.

Nationality
Swiss

History

 * Born: 21 Oct 1687, Basel, Switzerland
 * Died: 29 Nov 1759, Basel, Switzerland

Theorems

 * The St. Petersburg Paradox
 * The Basel Problem
 * Closed Form for Number of Derangements on Finite Set (later independently solved by )

Publications

 * Assisted in the publication of 's Ars Conjectandi.
 * Edited 's complete works.

Also see

 * The Bernoulli Family

Also known as
Nicolaus I Bernoulli is also known as Nicolas Bernoulli.

Some sources spell the name Nikolaus.

Some sources use Niclaus, but this may be erroneous.

refers to Nicolaus I Bernoulli as Nicolaus II Bernoulli, which appears to arise from a confusion between (1662 – 1716) and  (1695 – 1726).