Jakob Bernoulli

Shortly after the death of Jakob Bernoulli but before the publication (1713) of his posthumous work books of two important mathematicians, P.R. Mont - mort (1673-1719) and A. de Moivre (1677-1754), appeared.

Dictionary of the History of Ideas HILDA GEIRINGER 1968

In this definition, the feeling for the empirical side of probability, appearing at times in the work of Jakob Bernoulli, strongly in that of Hume and the logicians of Port Royal, seems to have vanished.

Dictionary of the History of Ideas HILDA GEIRINGER 1968

Jakob Bernoulli was the first to derive such a theorem and it will be worth - while to sketch the main lines of argument, using, however, modern terminology in the interest of expediency.

Dictionary of the History of Ideas HILDA GEIRINGER 1968

Leibniz was supposed to have owned a copy and he was repeatedly asked by Jakob Bernoulli — but without success — to let him see it.

Dictionary of the History of Ideas HILDA GEIRINGER 1968

In the late 17th century the Swiss mathematician Jakob Bernoulli offered a reward for the solution of this problem.

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In the late 17th century the Swiss mathematician Jakob Bernoulli offered a reward for the solution of this problem.

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(as seen in his correspondence with Jakob Bernoulli).

Dictionary of the History of Ideas HILDA GEIRINGER 1968