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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Jacob Bernoulli was a Swiss mathematician born 6 January 1655 who sided with Leibniz in the bitter calculus controversy and became an early champion of Leibnizian calculus, expanding it with his own contributions. Alongside his brother Johann, he founded the calculus of variations, a new branch for optimizing functionals. His most lasting work came in probability: Ars Conjectandi, where he proved the first version of the law of large numbers, anchoring the field in rigorous mathematics. He died 16 August 1705, leaving a family name that would dominate European mathematics for generations.