Roger Cotes
Roger Cotes | |
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This bust was commissioned by Robert Smith and sculpted posthumously by Peter Scheemakers in 1758. | |
| Born | 10 July 1682 Burbage, Leicestershire, England |
| Died | 5 June 1716 (aged 33) Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge |
| Known for | Lituus spiral Logarithmic spiral Least squares Euler's formula proof Concept of the radian Cotes spiral Newton–Cotes formulas |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematician |
| Institutions | Trinity College, Cambridge |
| Academic advisors | Isaac Newton Richard Bentley |
| Notable students | Robert Smith James Jurin Stephen Gray |
Roger Cotes FRS (10 July 1682 – 5 June 1716) was an English mathematician, known for working closely with Isaac Newton by proofreading the second edition of his famous book, the Principia, before publication. He also devised the quadrature formulas known as Newton–Cotes formulas, which originated from Newton's research, and made a geometric argument that can be interpreted as a logarithmic version of Euler's formula. He was the first Plumian Professor at Cambridge University from 1707 until his death.