Maclaurin or MacLaurin is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Colin Maclaurin
Colin Maclaurin (; gd, Cailean MacLabhruinn; February 1698 – 14 June 1746) was a Scottish mathematician who made important contributions to geometry and algebra. He is also known for being a child prodigy and holding the record for bei ...
(1698–1746), Scottish mathematician
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Normand MacLaurin
Sir Henry Normand MacLaurin, (known as Normand MacLaurin; 10 December 1835 in Kilconquhar, Scotland – 24 August 1914 in Sydney, Australia), was a Scottish-born physician, company director, Australian politician and university administrator ...
(1835–1914), Australian politician and university administrator
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Henry Normand MacLaurin
Brigadier General Henry Normand MacLaurin (31 October 1878 – 27 April 1915) was an Australian barrister and an Australian Army colonel who served in the First World War. He was shot dead by a Turkish sniper at Gallipoli, and was posthumousl ...
(1878–1915), Australian general
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Ian MacLaurin, Baron MacLaurin of Knebworth
Ian Charter MacLaurin, Baron MacLaurin of Knebworth (born 30 March 1937) 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, a fo ...
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Richard Cockburn Maclaurin
Richard Cockburn Maclaurin ( ; June 5, 1870 – January 15, 1920) 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.
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(1870–1920), US physicist and educator
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Taylor series
In mathematics, the Taylor series or Taylor expansion of a function is an infinite sum of terms that are expressed in terms of the function's derivatives at a single point. For most common functions, the function and the sum of its Taylor serie ...
in mathematics, a special case of which is the ''Maclaurin series''
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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.
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, a crater on the Moon
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McLaurin (disambiguation) McLaurin is a surname. Notable people with the surname include::
* Anselm J. McLaurin (1848–1909), American politician from Mississippi
* Bette McLaurin, American singer
* John L. McLaurin (1860–1934), American politician from South Carolina ...
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MacLaren (surname)
MacLaren or Maclaren is a surname of Scotland, Scottish origin. The name is an Anglicisation of the Scottish Gaelic, Gaelic ''Mac Labhrainn'' meaning "son of ''Labhrann''". The Gaelic personal name ''Labhrann'' is a Gaelicisation, Gaelicised form o ...
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McLaren (disambiguation) McLaren is a Formula One racing team, part of the McLaren Group.
McLaren or MacLaren may also refer to:
* McLaren (surname)
* MacLaren (surname)
* Clan MacLaren, a Scottish clan
Places
* McLaren Flat, South Australia
* McLaren Park, New Zeal ...
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