James Stirling (11 May O.S. 1692, Garden, Stirlingshire – 5 December 1770, Edinburgh) was a Scottish mathematician. He was nicknamed "The Venetian". The Stirling numbers, Stirling permutations, and Stirling's approximation are named after him. He also proved the correctness of Isaac Newton's classification of cubic plane curves. Biography Stirling was born on 11 May 1692 O.S. at Garden House near Stirling, the third son of Archibald Stirling, Lord Garden.

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