When1: 1691
Who: Johann Bernoulli [Bernoulli, Johann]
What: mathematician
Where: Basel, Switzerland
Detail: He lived 1667 to 1748 and studied series, arithmetic series, geometric series, differential equations [1691], astroid [1691], curvature radius, Bernoulli numbers, and curve rectification. Wire shape allows bead to slide from one end to the other in shortest possible time {brachistochrone, Bernoulli} [1696].
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