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

Books and Papers

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

Also see

 * The Bernoulli Family

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

Some sources refer to Nicolaus II Bernoulli as Nicolaus I Bernoulli, as they do not rate the of  and  as sufficiently noteworthy as to merit a regnant number.