Roger Coats
Type: Person
As of November 2026, Roger Coats has been mentioned in one podcast episode on Oxford Mathematics (Nov 2025). Credited in the episode with explaining/advancing the use of circles to define angle measure (radians) independent of arbitrary degree systems.
Roger Cotes was an English mathematician, known for working closely with Isaac Newton by proofreading the second edition of his famous book, the Principia, before publication. He also devised the quadrature formulas known as Newton–Cotes formulas, which originated from Newton's research, and made a geometric argument that can be interpreted as a logarithmic version of Euler's formula. He was the first Plumian Professor at Cambridge University from 1707 until his death.
| Mentioned in | 1 episode on 1 podcast (as of November 2026) |
|---|---|
| First heard | Nov 2025 on Oxford Mathematics |
| Role | English mathematician |
| Affiliation | University of Cambridge; Trinity College, Cambridge (historical) |
Who talks about Roger Coats on podcasts?
Roger Coats came up; the most recent mention was Nov 2025 on Oxford Mathematics.
- Measuring circles (C = 2πr and A = πr²) on Oxford Mathematics (Nov 2025)