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Bernoulli brothers

Jacob I and Johann I: A pair of giant mathematicians

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Bernoulli family is a family of stalwart mathematicians. In this article, major contributions and some of the problems posed by Jacob I and Johann I, two of the outstanding mathematicians of this family, have been discussed briefly.

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Mukhopadhyay, U. Bernoulli brothers. Reson 6, 29–37 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02836965

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