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gptkbp:instanceOf
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Mathematician
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gptkbp:almaMater
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gptkb:University_of_Edinburgh
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gptkbp:associatedWith
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gptkb:Royal_Society_of_Edinburgh
gptkb:Royal_Society
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gptkbp:awards
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Fellow_of_the_Royal_Society
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gptkbp:birthDate
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1692-04-20
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gptkbp:contribution
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Calculus
Mathematical analysis
Theory of numbers
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gptkbp:deathDate
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1770-02-25
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gptkbp:field
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Mathematics
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Sir James Stirling
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gptkbp:influence
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Computer science
Statistics
Mathematical physics
Modern mathematics
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gptkbp:influenced
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gptkb:Joseph-Louis_Lagrange
gptkb:Carl_Friedrich_Gauss
gptkb:John_von_Neumann
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gptkbp:influencedBy
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gptkb:Isaac_Newton
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gptkbp:knownFor
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Stirling_numbers
Stirling's_approximation
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gptkbp:legacy
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Stirling_numbers
Stirling's_approximation
Stirling's_theorem
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gptkbp:nationality
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Scottish
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gptkbp:notableFeature
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gptkb:Robert_Wallace
gptkb:William_Wallace
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gptkbp:occupation
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Mathematician
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gptkbp:researchField
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Combinatorics
Number theory
Statistics
Analysis
Probability theory
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gptkbp:residence
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gptkb:Scotland
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gptkbp:workLocation
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gptkb:University_of_Edinburgh
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gptkbp:wrote
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Mathematical Papers
A New Method of Approximation
The Method of Differences
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