(27. 7. 1667 Basel, CH – 1. 1. 1748 Basel, CH)
A prominent Swiss mathematician
Student of mathematics under Jacob I. Bernouilli, his brother
Professor of mathematics, University of Groningen and, later, University of Basel
Founder, with his brother, of the calculus of variations
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The Mathematics Genealogy Project.
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The MacTutor History of Mathematics.
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