Question

Taylor’s theorem was stated by the mathematician _____________

(a) Brook Taylor

(b) Eva Germaine Rimington Taylor

(c) Sir Geoffrey Ingram Taylor

(d) Michael Eugene Taylor

This question was addressed to me at a job interview.

My question is from Generalized Mean Value Theorem in section Differential Calculus of Engineering Mathematics

Answer 1

Right choice is (a) Brook Taylor

Explanation: Brook Taylor (18 August 1685 – 29 December 1731) was an English mathematician, best known for Taylor’s theorem and the Taylor series.

 Eva Germaine Rimington Taylor (1879–1966) was an English geographer and historian of science.

 Sir Geoffrey Ingram Taylor (7 March 1886 – 27 June 1975) was a British physicist and mathematician, and a major figure in fluid dynamics and wave theory.

 Michael Eugene Taylor (born 1946) is an American mathematician who is working in partial differential equations.