Maclaurin
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Maclaurin or MacLaurin may refer to:
People with the surname Maclaurin:
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People with the surname Maclaurin:
- Colin MaclaurinColin MaclaurinColin Maclaurin was a Scottish mathematician who made important contributions to geometry and algebra. The Maclaurin series, a special case of the Taylor series, are named after him....
(1698–1746), Scottish mathematician - Normand MacLaurinNormand MacLaurinSir Henry Normand MacLaurin, , was a Scottish-born physician, company director, Australian politician and university administrator.-Biography:...
(1835–1914), Australian politician and university administrator - Henry Normand MacLaurin (1878–1915), Australian general
- Ian MacLaurin, Baron MacLaurin of KnebworthIan MacLaurin, Baron MacLaurin of KnebworthIan Charter MacLaurin, Baron MacLaurin of Knebworth DL, is a British businessman who has been Chairman of Vodafone and Chairman and Chief Executive of Tesco. He is a former Chairman of the England and Wales Cricket Board and a former Chancellor of the University of Hertfordshire.Ian MacLaurin was...
- Richard Cockburn MaclaurinRichard Cockburn MaclaurinRichard Cockburn Maclaurin was a Scottish-born U.S. educator and mathematical physicist. He was made president of MIT in 1909, and held the position until his death in 1920....
(1870–1920), US physicist and educator
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- Taylor seriesTaylor seriesIn mathematics, a Taylor series is a representation of a function as an infinite sum of terms that are calculated from the values of the function's derivatives at a single point....
in mathematics, a special case of which is the Maclaurin series - Maclaurin (crater)Maclaurin (crater)Maclaurin is a lunar impact crater that is located in the eastern part of the Moon's near side. It lies just to the southeast of the small Mare Spumans, and to the northeast of the prominent crater Langrenus. To the east-southeast is Gilbert....
, a crater on the Moon