Mathematician:Brook Taylor

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Mathematician

English mathematician noted for Taylor's Theorem, but he was not the only one to have been exploring it.

Also made progress in the mathematics of perspective and the foundations of projective geometry.


Nationality

English


History

  • Born: 18 Aug 1685, Edmonton, Middlesex, England
  • Died: 29 Dec 1731, Somerset House, London, England


Theorems

Results named for Brook Taylor can be found here.

Definitions of concepts named for Brook Taylor can be found here.


Publications

  • 1715: Methodus incrementorum directa et inversa
  • 1715: Linear Perspective


Sources