Colin Maclaurin ✓

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Scottish mathematician (1698–1746)

About Colin Maclaurin

Colin Maclaurin was a Scottish mathematician who made important contributions to geometry and algebra. He is also known for being a child prodigy and holding the record for being the youngest professor. The Maclaurin series, a special case of the Taylor series, is named after him.

Notable works:

A treatise of algebra

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It is not therefore the business of philosophy, in our present situation in the universe, to attempt to take in at once, in one view,… Attempt
ALGEBRA is a general Method of Computation by certain Signs and Symbols which have been contrived for this Purpose, and found convenient. Algebra

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