Roger Cotes
English mathematician · Academics · Lived 1682 to 1716 · aged 33
Roger Cotes 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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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.
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Lived 1682 to 1716 · aged 33
