Jacob (Jacques) Bernoulli

Jacob Bernoulli's mother also came from an important Basel family of bankers and local councillors.Jacob Bernoulli was the brother of Johann Bernoulli and the uncle of Daniel Bernoulli.In 1684 Jacob Bernoulli married Judith Stupanus.Jacob Bernoulli published five treatises on infinite series between 1682 and 1704.The lemniscate of Bernoulli was first conceived by Jacob Bernoulli in 1694.In Hofmann sums up Jacob Bernoulli's contributions as follows.In 1676, after taking his theology degree, Bernoulli moved to Geneva where he worked as a tutor.In 1681 Bernoulli travelled to the Netherlands where he met many mathematicians including Hudde.Jacob began publishing in the journal Acta Eruditorum which was established in Leipzig in 1682.Bernoulli also studied the exponential series which came out of examining compound interest.