Mathematician:Jakob II Bernoulli

Mathematician

Swiss mathematician who worked in geometry and mathematical physics.

Son of Johann II Bernoulli and the younger brother of Johann III Bernoulli.

Nationality

Swiss

History

• Born: 17th October 1759, Basel, Switzerland
• Died: 15 Aug 1789, St Petersburg, Russia, by accidental drowning

Theorems

• Harmonic Series is Divergent

Also known as

Also known as Jacob.

Also see

• The Bernoulli Family

Sources

• John J. O'Connor and Edmund F. Robertson: "Jakob II Bernoulli": MacTutor History of Mathematics archive

• 1937: Eric Temple Bell: Men of Mathematics ... (previous) ... (next): Chapter $\text{VIII}$: Nature or Nurture?
• 2008: Ian Stewart: Taming the Infinite ... (previous) ... (next): Chapter $6$: Curves and Coordinates: Cartesian coordinates