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Roger Cotes

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Gender Male
Death308 years ago
Date of birth July 10,1682
Zodiac sign Cancer
Born Burbage
United Kingdom
Date of died June 5,1716
DiedCambridge
United Kingdom
Known forLogarithmic spiral
Least squares
Newton–Cotes formulas
Euler's formula
Radian
Academic advisors Isaac Newton
Richard Bentley
Job Mathematician
Education St Paul's School
Trinity College
University of Cambridge
BooksAn Extract of Some Physico-mathematical Discourses Contained in Mr. Cotes's Hydrostatical and Pneumatical Lectures: Printed for the Use of Those that Go the Course of Experiments
Hydrostatical and Pneumatical Lectures, by Roger Cotes, . . . with Notes, by Robert Smith, . . . the Third Edition, Carefully Revised and Corrected
Notabl studentRobert Smith; James Jurin; Stephen Gray
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Roger Cotes FRS was an English mathematician, known for working closely with Isaac Newton by proofreading the second edition of his famous book, the Principia, before publication.

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