( 01 )
Home Page
This website is about the Mathematician, James Sterling, and information about his life and research.
( 02 )
Biography
Jame Stirling was born May 1962 in Garden, Scotland. He died December 5, 1770. He was the third son of Archibald Sterling,Father, and Anna Hamilton, Mother. They were strong supporters of the Jacobite cause, which had an important significance of Stirling's life. There is no information about his childhood. There is no absolutely reliable information about his undergraduate education in Scotland. He traveled to Oxford in the Autumn of 1710, so that he could matriculate there On January 18, 1711, he matriculated at Balliol College Oxford as a Snell Exhibitionor.
Stirling's Jacobite beliefs, caused many problems for his education. He was originally exempted as a Jacobite from swearing an oath to the British crown, and was able to receive scholarships. After the Jacobite rebellion of 1715, this exemption was withdrawn. He still refused to take the oath, so he lost his scholarships. He attended Oxford until 1717, but could no longer graduate.
( 03 )
Gallery
 A painting of the Jacobite's. |  Balliol Oxford College, the School Stirling attended. |
|---|---|
 A painting of James Stirling. |  Methodus Differentials, one of Stirling's books. |
 Stirlingshire, the place of Stirling's birth. |  Edinburgh, the place of Stirling's' death. |
( 04 )
Mathematical Research
James Sterling published his most important work, Methodus Differentials, while in London 1730. The book is about work on infinite series, summation,interpolation, and quadrature. Speeding up the convergence series was one of the main ideas of the book. Sterling gives the example, 1/[2n(2n-1)], which had been studied by Brouncker. In the book Stirling writes, "...if anyone would find an accurate value of this series to nine places ... they would require one thousand million of terms; and this series converges much swifter than many others..."
Examples of these methods are given,
including Leibniz's problem of
π/4 = 1 - 1/3 + 1/5 - 1/7 + 1/9, he also gives a theorem to treat convergence of an infinite
Sources
http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Biographies/Stirling.html
http://cranntara.scot/hero/shortpicC.jpg Picture 1
https://www.britannica.com/biography/James-Stirling-British-mathematician
http://www.ams.org/featurecolumn/images/cosmos8.jpg Picture 2
http://campusoxford.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Campus-Oxford-Christchurch-College.jpg Picture 3
http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/Images/Jacobites%20L_tcm4-566106.jpg Picture 4
https://www.dur.ac.uk/images/physics/BACH2.jpg Picture 6
https://www.visitscotland.com/cms-images/attractions/edinburgh-skyline-calton-hill Picture 9
About Me
My name is Hunter Marino. I was born in California, and I am 16 years old. I am currently a Junior attending Damien High School.
Student Review page
Student Review: I reviewed Damien Meza's website on Johannes Kepler. Damien did a good job on the background of his slides, and they felt like they fit with the information he provided. It also feels very neat and organized, the whole website as a whole.
He also provides good information, on his biography, and mathematical research. He chose good pictures to use in his gallery of photos. He also provided his sources, and told those visiting the website about himself. His website also functions well, and the pages that you want to visit can be visited.Overall it is a well put together website, with very few errors, and accurate information.