Nicolaus Mercator

Nicolaus Mercator

Born: 1620 in Eutin, Schleswig-Holstein, Denmark (now Germany)
Died: 14 Jan 1687 in Paris, France

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Nicolaus Mercator discovered the well known series, sometimes called Mercator's series,

ln(1+x) = x - x^2/2 + x^3/3 - x^4/4 + ...
This series was also investigated by Mengoli.

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References:

  1. Dictionary of Scientific Biography
  2. J E Hofmann, Nicolaus Mercator (Kauffman), sein Leben und Wirken, Akademie der Wissenschaten und der Literatur in Mainz 3 (1950). 
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