Johann Bernoulli
Johann Bernoulli
Johann Bernoulli (portrait by Johann Rudolf Huber, circa 1740)
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a Swiss mathematician and one of the many prominent mathematicians in the family. He is known for his contributions to infinitesimal calculus and educating Leonhard Euler in the pupil's youth
Born
6 August 1667 Basel, Switzerland
Died
1 January 1748 (aged 80) Basel, Switzerland
Nationality
Swiss
Known for
Development of infinitesimal calculus Catenary solution Bernoulli's rule Bernoulli's identity Brachistochrone problem
Fields
Mathematics
Institutions
University of Groningen University of Basel
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Switzerland
Doctoral advisor
Nikolaus Eglinger
Doctoral students
Daniel Bernoulli Leonhard Euler Johann Samuel König Pierre Louis Maupertuis
Education
University of Basel (M.D., 1694)
era
1600-1800
Other academic advisors
Jacob Bernoulli
Other notable students
Guillaume de l'Hôpital
Thesis
Dissertatio de effervescentia et fermentatione; Dissertatio Inauguralis Physico-Anatomica de Motu Musculorum (On the Mechanics of Effervescence and Fermentation and on the Mechanics of the Movement of