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Leonhard Euler ( German pronunciation: [l]; English Leonhard Euler approximation, "Oiler" [1] 15 April 1707 – 18 September 1783) was a pioneering Swiss and . He made important discoveries in fields as diverse as and . He also introduced much of the modern mathematical terminology and , particularly for mathematical , such as the notion of a mathematical .[2] He is also renowned for his in , , , and .

Euler spent most of his adult life in St. Petersburg, Russia, and in , Prussia. He is considered to be the preeminent mathematician of the 18th century, and one of the greatest of all . He is also one of the most prolific ever; his collected works fill 60–80 quarto . [3] A statement attributed to Pierre-Simon Laplace expresses Euler's influence on : "Read Euler, read Euler, he is our teacher in all things," which has also been translated as "Read Portrait by Emanuel Handmann 1756(?) Euler, read Euler, he is the master of us all." [4] Born 15 April 1707 Euler was featured on the sixth of the Swiss 10- , franc banknote and on numerous Swiss, German, and Died Russian postage stamps. The 2002 Euler was 18 September 1783 (aged 76) named in his honor. He is also commemorated by the [OS: 7 September 1783] Lutheran Church on their Calendar of Saints on 24 St. Petersburg, Russia May – he was a devout Christian (and believer in Residence Prussia, Russia biblical inerrancy) who wrote apologetics and argued Switzerland [5] forcefully against the prominent atheists of his time. Nationality Swiss Fields Mathematician and Physicist Contents Institutions Imperial Russian Academy of  1 Life Berlin Academy  1.1 Early years Alma mater  1.2 St. Petersburg  1.3 Berlin Doctoral Johann  1.4 Eyesight deterioration advisor  1.5 Return to Russia Doctoral Nicolas Fuss students  2 Contributions to mathematics and Johann Hennert  2.1 Joseph Louis Lagrange  2.2 Analysis Stepan Rumovsky  2.3 theory Known for See full list  2.4 Graph theory

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 2.5 Signature  2.6 Physics and astronomy  2.7

 3 Personal philosophy and religious beliefs Notes  4 Selected bibliography He is the father of the mathematician Johann Euler  5 See also He is listed by academic genealogy authorities as  6 References and notes the equivalent to the doctoral advisor of Joseph  7 Further reading Louis Lagrange.  8 External links

Life

Early years

Euler was born on April 15, 1707, in Basel to Paul Euler, a pastor of the Reformed Church. His mother was Marguerite Brucker, a pastor's daughter. He had two younger sisters named Anna Maria and Maria Magdalena. Soon after the birth of Leonhard, the Eulers moved from Basel to the town of Riehen, where Euler spent most of his childhood. Paul Euler was a friend of the Bernoulli family—, who was then regarded as Europe's foremost mathematician, would eventually Old Swiss 10 Franc banknote be the most important influence on young Leonhard. Euler's honoring Euler early formal education started in Basel, where he was sent to live with his maternal grandmother. At the age of thirteen he enrolled at the University of Basel, and in 1723, received his Master of Philosophy with a dissertation that compared the philosophies of Descartes and . At this time, he was receiving Saturday afternoon lessons from Johann Bernoulli, who quickly discovered his new pupil's incredible talent for mathematics. [6] Euler was at this studying theology, Greek, and Hebrew at his father's urging, in order to become a pastor, but Bernoulli convinced Paul Euler that Leonhard was destined to become a great mathematician. In 1726, Euler completed a dissertation on the propagation of with the title De Sono .[7] At that time, he was pursuing an (ultimately unsuccessful) attempt to obtain a at the University of Basel. In 1727, he entered the Paris Academy Prize Problem competition, where the problem that year was to find the best way to place the masts on a ship. He won second place, losing only to —a man now known as "the father of naval architecture". Euler subsequently won this coveted annual prize twelve in his career. [8]

St. Petersburg

Around this time Johann Bernoulli's two sons, Daniel and Nicolas, were working at the Imperial Russian Academy of Sciences in St Petersburg. On July 10, 1726, Nicolas died of appendicitis after spending a year in Russia, and when Daniel assumed his brother's position in the mathematics/physics division, he recommended that the post in physiology that he had vacated be filled by his friend Euler. In November 1726 Euler eagerly accepted the offer, but delayed making the trip to St Petersburg while he unsuccessfully applied for a physics professorship at the University of Basel. [9]

Euler arrived in the Russian capital on 17 May 1727. He was promoted from his junior post in the medical department of the

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academy to a position in the mathematics department. He lodged with with whom he often worked in close collaboration. Euler mastered Russian and settled into life in St Petersburg. He also took on an additional job as a medic in the Russian Navy.[10]

The Academy at St. Petersburg, established by , was intended to improve education in Russia and to close the scientific gap with Western Europe. As a result, it was made especially attractive to foreign scholars like Euler. The academy 1957 stamp of the former Soviet possessed ample financial resources and a comprehensive library Union commemorating the 250th drawn from the private libraries of Peter himself and of the birthday of Euler. The text says: 250 nobility. Very few students were enrolled in the academy in years from the birth of the great order to lessen the faculty's teaching burden, and the academy mathematician, academician emphasized research and offered to its faculty both the time and [8] Leonhard Euler. the freedom to pursue scientific questions. The Academy's benefactress, Catherine I, who had continued the progressive policies of her late husband, died on the day of Euler's arrival. The Russian nobility then gained upon the ascension of the twelve-year-old Peter II. The nobility were suspicious of the academy's foreign , and thus cut funding and caused other difficulties for Euler and his colleagues.

Conditions improved slightly upon the death of Peter II, and Euler swiftly rose through the ranks in the academy and was made professor of physics in 1731. Two years later, Daniel Bernoulli, who was fed up with the censorship and hostility he faced at St. Petersburg, left for Basel. Euler succeeded him as the head of the mathematics department. [11]

On 7 January 1734, he married Katharina Gsell (1707–1773), a daughter of , a painter from the Academy Gymnasium. [12] The young bought a house by the River. Of their thirteen children, only five survived childhood. [13]

Berlin

Concerned about the continuing turmoil in Russia, Euler left St. Petersburg on 19 June 1741 to take up a post at the Berlin Academy , which he had been offered by of Prussia. He lived for twenty-five years in Berlin, where he wrote over 380 articles. In Berlin, he published the two works which he would be most renowned for: the Introductio in analysin infinitorum , a text on functions published in 1748, and the Institutiones calculi differentialis ,[14] published in 1755 on [15] . In 1755, he was elected a foreign Stamp of the former German member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Democratic Republic honoring Euler In , Euler was asked to tutor the Princess of Anhalt- on the 200th anniversary of his death. Dessau, Frederick's niece. Euler wrote over 200 letters to her, In the middle, it shows his polyhedral which were later compiled into a best-selling entitled formula V + F − E = 2 . Letters of Euler on different Subjects in Addressed to a German Princess . This work contained Euler's

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exposition on various subjects pertaining to physics and mathematics, as well as offering valuable insights into Euler's personality and religious beliefs. This book became more widely read than any of his mathematical works, and it was published across Europe and in the United States. The popularity of the 'Letters' testifies to Euler's ability to communicate scientific matters effectively to a lay audience, a rare ability for a dedicated research . [15]

Despite Euler's immense contribution to the Academy's prestige, he was eventually forced to leave Berlin. This was partly because of a conflict of personality with Frederick, who came to regard Euler as unsophisticated, especially in comparison to the of philosophers the German king brought to the Academy. was among those in Frederick's employ, and the Frenchman enjoyed a prominent position in the king's social circle. Euler, a simple religious man and a hard worker, was very conventional in his beliefs and tastes. He was in many ways the direct opposite of Voltaire. Euler had limited training in rhetoric, and tended to debate matters that he knew little about, making him a frequent target of Voltaire's wit. [15] Frederick also expressed disappointment with Euler's practical abilities:

I wanted to have a water jet in my garden: Euler calculated the of the wheels necessary to raise the water to a reservoir, from where it should fall back through channels, finally spurting out in . My mill was carried out geometrically and could not raise a mouthful of water closer than fifty paces to the reservoir. Vanity of vanities! Vanity of geometry! [16]

Eyesight deterioration

Euler's eyesight worsened throughout his mathematical career. Three years after suffering a near-fatal fever in 1735 he became nearly blind in his right eye, but Euler rather blamed his condition on the painstaking work on he performed for the St. Petersburg Academy. Euler's sight in that eye worsened throughout his stay in Germany, so much so that Frederick referred to him as "Cyclops". Euler later suffered a cataract in his good left eye, rendering him almost totally blind a few weeks after its discovery in 1766. Even so, his condition appeared to have little effect on his productivity, as he compensated for it with his mental calculation skills and photographic memory. For example, Euler could repeat the of from beginning to end without hesitation, and for every page in the edition he could indicate which was the first and which the last. With the aid of his scribes, Euler's productivity on many of study actually increased. He A 1753 portrait by Emanuel produced on average one mathematical paper every week in the Handmann. This portrayal suggests year 1775. [3] problems of the right eyelid, and possible strabismus. The left eye Return to Russia appears healthy; it was later affected by a cataract. [17] The situation in Russia had improved greatly since the accession to the throne of , and in 1766 Euler accepted an invitation to return to the St. Petersburg Academy and spent the rest of his life in Russia. His second stay in the country was marred by tragedy. A fire in St. Petersburg in 1771 cost him his home, and almost his life. In 1773, he lost his wife Katharina after 40 years of marriage. Three years after his wife's

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death Euler married her half sister, Salome Abigail Gsell (1723–1794). [18] This marriage would last until his death.

In St Petersburg on 18 September 1783, after a lunch with his family, during a conversation with a fellow academician about the newly-discovered and its , Euler suffered a brain hemorrhage and died a few hours later. [19] A short obituary for the Russian Academy of Sciences was written by Jacob von Shtelin and a more detailed eulogy [20] was written and delivered at a memorial meeting by Russian mathematician Nicolas Fuss, one of the Euler's disciples. In the eulogy written for the French Academy by the French mathematician and philosopher , he commented,

...il cessa de calculer et de vivre — ... he ceased to calculate and to live. [21]

He was buried next to Katharina at the Smolensk Lutheran Cemetery on Vasilievsky Island . In 1785, the Russian Academy of Sciences put a marble bust of Leonhard Euler on a pedestal next to the Director's seat and, in 1837, placed a headstone on Euler's grave. To commemorate the 250th anniversary of Euler's birth, the headstone was moved in 1956, together with his remains, to the 18th-century necropolis at the Alexander Nevsky Monastery.[22] Contributions to mathematics and physics

Euler's grave at the Alexander Nevsky Monastery

Euler worked in almost all : geometry, infinitesimal calculus, , , and , as Part of a series of articles on well as continuum physics, and other areas of physics. The mathematical He is a seminal figure in the ; if printed, his e works, many of which are of fundamental , would occupy between 60 and 80 quarto volumes. [3] Euler's name is associated with a large number of topics.

Mathematical notation

Euler introduced and popularized several notational conventions through his numerous and widely circulated textbooks. Most notably, he introduced the concept of a function [2] and was the first to write f(x) to denote the function f applied to the argument x. He also introduced the modern notation for the , Natural · the letter e for the base of the (now also known as Euler's number), the Greek letter Σ for and the letter Applications in: · Euler's i & Euler's formula · half -lives &

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[23] π to denote the . The use of the Greek letter to /decay denote the ratio of a circle's to its was also e popularized by Euler, although it did not originate with him. [24] Defining : proof that e is irrational · representations of e · Lindemann–Weierstrass theorem

Analysis People · Leonhard Euler

The development of infinitesimal calculus was at the forefront of Schanuel's conjecture 18th century mathematical research, and the Bernoullis—family friends of Euler—were responsible for much of the early progress in the . Thanks to their influence, studying calculus became the major focus of Euler's work. While some of Euler's proofs are not acceptable by modern standards of mathematical [25] (in particular his reliance on the principle of the ), his ideas led to many great advances. Euler is well-known in analysis for his frequent use and development of , the expression of functions as sums of infinitely many terms, such as

Notably, Euler directly proved the power series expansions for e and the inverse function. (Indirect proof via the inverse power series technique was given by Newton and Leibniz between 1670 and 1680.) His daring use of power series enabled him to solve the famous in 1735 (he provided a more elaborate argument in 1741): [25]

Euler introduced the use of the exponential function and in analytic proofs. He discovered ways to express various logarithmic functions using power series, and he successfully defined logarithms for negative and complex , thus greatly expanding the scope of mathematical applications of logarithms. [23] He also defined the exponential function for complex numbers, and discovered its relation to the trigonometric functions. For any φ, Euler's formula states that the complex exponential function satisfies

A special case of the above formula is known as Euler's identity, A geometric interpretation of Euler's formula called "the most remarkable formula in mathematics" by , for its single uses of the notions of addition, multiplication, , and , and the single uses of the important constants 0, 1, e, i and π.[26] In 1988, readers of the Mathematical Intelligencer voted it "the Most Beautiful Mathematical Formula Ever". [27] In total, Euler was responsible for three of the five formulae in that poll. [27]

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De Moivre's formula is a direct consequence of Euler's formula.

In addition, Euler elaborated the theory of higher transcendental functions by introducing the and introduced a new method for solving quartic . He also found a way to calculate with complex limits, foreshadowing the development of modern , and invented the including its best-known result, the Euler–Lagrange .

Euler also pioneered the use of analytic methods to solve number theory problems. In doing so, he united two disparate branches of mathematics and introduced a new field of study, . In breaking ground for this new field, Euler created the theory of hypergeometric series, q-series , hyperbolic trigonometric functions and the analytic theory of continued fractions. For example, he proved the infinitude of primes using the of the harmonic series, and he used analytic methods to gain some understanding of the way numbers are distributed. Euler's work in this led to the development of the theorem.[28]

Number theory

Euler's interest in number theory can be traced to the influence of , his friend in the St. Petersburg Academy. A lot of Euler's early work on number theory was based on the works of . Euler developed some of Fermat's ideas, and disproved some of his conjectures.

Euler linked the nature of prime distribution with ideas in analysis. He proved that the sum of the reciprocals of the primes diverges. In doing so, he discovered the between the and the prime numbers; this is known as the formula for the Riemann zeta function.

Euler proved Newton's identities, Fermat's little theorem, Fermat's theorem on sums of two squares, and he made distinct contributions to Lagrange's four-square theorem. He also invented the totient function φ(n) which is the number of positive less than or equal to the n that are coprime to n. Using properties of this function, he generalized Fermat's little theorem to what is now known as Euler's theorem. He contributed significantly to the theory of perfect numbers, which had fascinated mathematicians since . Euler also made progress toward the , and he conjectured the law of . The two concepts are regarded as fundamental theorems of number theory, and his ideas paved the way for the work of .[29]

By 1772 Euler had proved that 2 31 − 1 = 2,147,483,647 is a . It may have remained the largest known prime until 1867. [30]

Graph theory

In 1736, Euler solved the problem known as the Seven Bridges of Königsberg.[31] The city of Königsberg, Prussia was on the Pregel River, and included two large islands which were connected to each other and the mainland by seven bridges. The problem is to decide whether it is possible to follow a path that crosses each bridge exactly once and returns to the starting point. It is not possible: there is no Eulerian circuit. This solution is considered to be the first theorem of graph theory, specifically of theory. [31]

Euler also discovered the formula V − E + F = 2 relating the number of vertices, edges, and faces of a

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convex ,[32] and hence of a planar graph. The constant in this formula is now known as the for the graph (or other mathematical object), and is related to the of the object. [33] The study and generalization of this formula, specifically by Cauchy [34] and L'Huillier, [35] is at the origin of .

Applied mathematics

Some of Euler's greatest successes were in solving real-world problems analytically, and in describing numerous applications of the Bernoulli numbers, , Venn , , the Map of Königsberg in Euler's time showing the constants e and π, continued fractions and integrals. actual layout of the seven bridges, highlighting the He integrated Leibniz's differential calculus with river Pregel and the bridges. Newton's Method of , and developed tools that made it easier to apply calculus to physical problems. He made great strides in improving the numerical approximation of integrals, inventing what are now known as the Euler approximations. The most notable of these approximations are Euler's method and the Euler–Maclaurin formula. He also facilitated the use of differential equations, in particular introducing the Euler–Mascheroni constant:

One of Euler's more unusual was the application of mathematical ideas in music. In 1739 he wrote the Tentamen novae theoriae musicae, hoping to eventually incorporate musical theory as part of mathematics. This part of his work, however, did not receive wide attention and was once described as too mathematical for musicians and too musical for mathematicians. [36]

Physics and astronomy

Euler helped develop the Euler–Bernoulli equation, which became a cornerstone of engineering. Aside from successfully applying his analytic tools to problems in classical mechanics, Euler also applied these techniques to Newton's Second Law celestial problems. His work in astronomy was recognized by a number of Paris Academy Prizes over the course of his History of classical mechanics · career. His accomplishments include determining with Timeline of classical mechanics great accuracy the of and other celestial Branches bodies, understanding the nature of comets, and calculating · Dynamics / · · the of the sun. His calculations also contributed to · · the development of accurate tables.[37] · In addition, Euler made important contributions in optics. He disagreed with Newton's corpuscular theory of in Formulations the , which was then the prevailing theory. His papers on optics helped ensure that the theory  Newtonian mechanics (Vectorial

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of light proposed by Christian would become the dominant mode of thought, at least until the development mechanics) [38] of the quantum theory of light.  :  In 1757 he published an important set of equations for  , that are now known as the Euler equations. Fundamental concepts Logic · Time · · · · · · Force · · He is also credited with using closed to illustrate / / Couple · · syllogistic reasoning (1768). These diagrams have become · · known as Euler diagrams.[39] · Reference frame · · · · Personal philosophy and religious Mechanical work · · beliefs D'Alembert's principle Core topics Euler and his friend Daniel Bernoulli were opponents of Leibniz's monadism and the philosophy of Christian Wolff. · · Euler insisted that knowledge is founded in part on the Euler's equations (rigid body dynamics) · of precise quantitative laws, something that · Newton's laws of motion · monadism and Wolffian were unable to provide. Newton's law of universal gravitation · Euler's religious leanings might also have had a bearing on his dislike of the doctrine; he went so far as to label Wolff's · ideas as "heathen and atheistic". [40] Inertial · Non-inertial reference frame · Much of what is known of Euler's religious beliefs can be · · deduced from his Letters to a German Princess and an · earlier work, Rettung der Göttlichen Offenbahrung Gegen Mechanics of planar particle motion · die Einwürfe der Freygeister ( Defense of the Divine Revelation against the Objections of the Freethinkers ). (vector) · · These works show that Euler was a devout Christian who · · believed the Bible to be inspired; the Rettung was primarily · · · an argument for the divine inspiration of scripture.[5] Damping ratio · Rotational motion · · Uniform circular motion · There is a famous anecdote inspired by Euler's arguments Non-uniform circular motion · with secular philosophers over religion, which is set during Euler's second stint at the St. Petersburg academy. The · · French philosopher was visiting Russia on Centrifugal force (rotating reference frame) · Catherine the Great's invitation. However, the Empress was Reactive centrifugal force · · alarmed that the philosopher's arguments for were · · influencing members of her court, and so Euler was asked · · to confront the Frenchman. Diderot was later informed that a learned mathematician had produced a proof of the Angular · : he agreed to view the proof as it was Scientists presented in court. Euler appeared, advanced toward · · Diderot, and in a tone of perfect conviction announced, · Leonhard Euler · "Sir, , hence God exists—reply!". Diderot, to Jean le Rond d'Alembert · · whom (says the story) all mathematics was gibberish, stood Joseph Louis Lagrange ·

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dumbstruck as peals of laughter erupted from the court. Embarrassed, he asked to leave Russia, a request that was Pierre-Simon Laplace · graciously granted by the Empress. However amusing the · anecdote may be, it is apocryphal, given that Diderot was a Siméon-Denis Poisson capable mathematician who had published several mathematical treatises of his own. [41] Selected bibliography

Euler has an extensive bibliography. His best known books include:

 Elements of Algebra . This text starts with a discussion of the nature of numbers and gives a comprehensive introduction to algebra, including formulae for solutions of equations.  Introductio in analysin infinitorum (1748). English Introduction to Analysis of the Infinite by John Blanton (Book I, ISBN 0-387-96824-5, Springer-Verlag 1988; Book II, ISBN 0-387-97132-7, Springer-Verlag 1989).  Two influential textbooks on calculus: Institutiones calculi differentialis (1755) and Institutionum calculi integralis (1768–1770).  Lettres à une Princesse d'Allemagne (Letters to a German Princess) (1768–1772). Available online (in French). English translation, with notes, and a life of Euler, available online from Google Books: Volume 1, Volume 2 The title page of Euler's Methodus  Methodus inveniendi lineas curvas maximi minimive inveniendi lineas curvas . proprietate gaudentes, sive solutio problematis isoperimetrici latissimo sensu accepti (1744). The Latin title translates as a method for finding curved lines enjoying properties of maximum or minimum, or solution of isoperimetric problems in the broadest accepted .[42]

A definitive collection of Euler's works, entitled Opera Omnia , has been published since 1911 by the Euler Commission of the Swiss Academy of Sciences. A complete chronological list of Euler's works is available at the following page: The Eneström Index (PDF). See also

 List of topics named after Leonhard Euler References and notes

1. ^ The pronunciation /ju ːlər/ is incorrect. "Euler", Oxford English Dictionary, second edition, Oxford University Press, 1989 "Euler", Merriam–Webster's Online Dictionary, 2009. "Euler, Leonhard", The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, fourth edition, Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 2000. Peter M. Higgins (2007). Nets, Puzzles, and Postmen: An Exploration of Mathematical Connections . Oxford University Press. p. 43.

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a b 2. ^ Dunham, William (1999). Euler: The Master of Us All . The Mathematical Association of America. p. 17. a b c 3. ^ Finkel, B.F. (1897). "Biography- Leonard Euler". The American Mathematical Monthly 4 (12): 300. doi:10.2307/2968971. JSTOR 2968971. 4. ^ Dunham, William (1999). Euler: The Master of Us All . The Mathematical Association of America. xiii. "Lisez Euler, lisez Euler, c'est notre maître à tous." a b 5. ^ Euler, Leonhard (1960). Orell-Fussli. ed. "Rettung der Göttlichen Offenbahrung Gegen die Einwürfe der Freygeister". Leonhardi Euleri Opera Omnia (series 3) 12 . 6. ^ James, Ioan (2002). Remarkable Mathematicians: From Euler to von Neumann . Cambridge. p. 2. ISBN 0- 521-52094-0. 7. ^ Translation of Euler's dissertation in English by Ian Bruce a b 8. ^ Calinger, Ronald (1996). "Leonhard Euler: The First St. Petersburg Years (1727–1741)". Historia Mathematica 23 (2): 156. doi:10.1006/hmat.1996.0015. 9. ^ Calinger, Ronald (1996). "Leonhard Euler: The First St. Petersburg Years (1727–1741)". Historia Mathematica 23 (2): 125. doi:10.1006/hmat.1996.0015. 10. ^ Calinger, Ronald (1996). "Leonhard Euler: The First St. Petersburg Years (1727–1741)". Historia Mathematica 23 (2): 127. doi:10.1006/hmat.1996.0015. 11. ^ Calinger, Ronald (1996). "Leonhard Euler: The First St. Petersburg Years (1727–1741)". Historia Mathematica 23 (2): 128–129. doi:10.1006/hmat.1996.0015. 12. ^ Gekker, I.R.; Euler, A.A. (2007). "Leonhard Euler's family and descendants". In Bogoliubov, N.N.; Mikha ĭlov, G.K.; Yushkevich, A.P.. Euler and modern science . Mathematical Association of America. ISBN 0-88385-564-X., p. 402. 13. ^ Fuss, Nicolas. "Eulogy of Euler by Fuss". http://www-history.mcs.st- and.ac.uk/~history/Extras/Euler_Fuss_Eulogy.html. Retrieved 30 August 2006. 14. ^ "E212 – Institutiones calculi differentialis cum eius usu in analysi finitorum ac doctrina serierum". Dartmouth. http://www.math.dartmouth.edu/~euler/pages/E212.html. a b c 15. ^ Dunham, William (1999). Euler: The Master of Us All . The Mathematical Association of America. xxiv–xxv. 16. ^ Frederick II of Prussia (1927). Letters of Voltaire and Frederick the Great, Letter H 7434, 25 January 1778 . . New York: Brentano's. 17. ^ Calinger, Ronald (1996). "Leonhard Euler: The First St. Petersburg Years (1727–1741)". Historia Mathematica 23 (2): 154–155. doi:10.1006/hmat.1996.0015. 18. ^ Gekker, I.R.; Euler, A.A. (2007). "Leonhard Euler's family and descendants". In Bogoliubov, N.N.; Mikha ĭlov, G.K.; Yushkevich, A.P.. Euler and modern science . Mathematical Association of America. ISBN 0-88385-564-X., p. 405. 19. ^ A. Ya. Yakovlev (1983). Leonhard Euler . M.: Prosvesheniye. 20. ^ "Eloge de M. Leonhard Euler. Par M. Fuss.". Nova Acta Academia Scientarum Imperialis Petropolitanae 1: 159–212. 1783. 21. ^ Marquis de Condorcet. "Eulogy of Euler – Condorcet". http://www.math.dartmouth.edu/~euler/historica/condorcet.html. Retrieved 30 August 2006. 22. ^ Leonhard Euler at Find a Grave a b 23. ^ Boyer, Carl B.; Uta C. Merzbach (1991). A History of Mathematics . John Wiley & Sons. pp. 439–445. ISBN 0-471-54397-7. 24. ^ Wolfram, Stephen. "Mathematical Notation: Past and Future". http://www.stephenwolfram.com/publications/talks/mathml/mathml2.html. Retrieved August 2006. a b 25. ^ Wanner, Gerhard; Harrier, Ernst (March 2005). Analysis by its history (1st ed.). Springer. p. 62. 26. ^ Feynman, Richard (June 1970). "Chapter 22: Algebra". The Feynman Lectures on Physics: Volume I . p. 10. a b 27. ^ Wells, David (1990). "Are these the most beautiful?". Mathematical Intelligencer 12 (3): 37–41. doi:10.1007/BF03024015. Wells, David (1988). "Which is the most beautiful?". Mathematical Intelligencer 10 (4): 30–31. doi:10.1007/BF03023741. See also: Peterson, Ivars. "The Mathematical Tourist". http://www.maa.org/mathtourist/mathtourist_03_12_07.html. Retrieved March 2008. 28. ^ Dunham, William (1999). "3,4". Euler: The Master of Us All . The Mathematical Association of America.

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29. ^ Dunham, William (1999). "1,4". Euler: The Master of Us All . The Mathematical Association of America. 30. ^ Caldwell, Chris. The largest known prime by year a b 31. ^ Alexanderson, Gerald (July 2006). "Euler and Königsberg's bridges: a historical view". Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society 43 : 567. doi:10.1090/S0273-0979-06-01130-X. 32. ^ Peter R. Cromwell (1997). Polyhedra . Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 189–190. 33. ^ Alan Gibbons (1985). Algorithmic Graph Theory . Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 72. 34. ^ Cauchy, A.L. (1813). "Recherche sur les polyèdres—premier mémoire". Journal de l'Ecole Polytechnique 9 (Cahier 16) : 66–86. 35. ^ L'Huillier, S.-A.-J. (1861). "Mémoire sur la polyèdrométrie". Annales de Mathématiques 3: 169–189. 36. ^ Calinger, Ronald (1996). "Leonhard Euler: The First St. Petersburg Years (1727–1741)". Historia Mathematica 23 (2): 144–145. doi:10.1006/hmat.1996.0015. 37. ^ Youschkevitch, A P; Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970–1990). 38. ^ Home, R.W. (1988). "Leonhard Euler's 'Anti-Newtonian' Theory of Light". Annals of Science 45 (5): 521– 533. doi:10.1080/00033798800200371. 39. ^ Baron, M. E.; A Note on The Historical Development of Logic Diagrams. The Mathematical Gazette: The Journal of the Mathematical Association. Vol LIII, no. 383 May 1969. 40. ^ Calinger, Ronald (1996). "Leonhard Euler: The First St. Petersburg Years (1727–1741)". Historia Mathematica 23 (2): 153–154. doi:10.1006/hmat.1996.0015. 41. ^ Brown, B.H. (May 1942). "The Euler-Diderot Anecdote". The American Mathematical Monthly 49 (5): 302–303. doi:10.2307/2303096. JSTOR 2303096.; Gillings, R.J. (February 1954). "The So-Called Euler- Diderot Incident". The American Mathematical Monthly 61 (2): 77–80. doi:10.2307/2307789. JSTOR 2307789. 42. ^ E65 — Methodus... entry at Euler Archives Further reading

 Lexikon der Naturwissenschaftler , (2000), Heidelberg: Spektrum Akademischer Verlag.  Bogolyubov, Mikhailov, and Yushkevich, (2007), Euler and Modern Science , Mathematical Association of America. ISBN 0-88385-564-X. Translated by Robert Burns.  Bradley, Robert E., D'Antonio, Lawrence A., and C. Edward Sandifer (2007), Euler at 300: An Appreciation , Mathematical Association of America. ISBN 0-88385-565-8  Demidov, S.S., (2005), "Treatise on the differential calculus" in Grattan-Guinness, I., ed., Landmark Writings in Western Mathematics . Elsevier: 191–98.  Dunham, William (1999) Euler: The Master of Us All , Washington: Mathematical Association of America. ISBN 0-88385-328-0  Dunham, William (2007), The Genius of Euler: Reflections on his Life and Work , Mathematical Association of America. ISBN 0-88385-558-5  Fraser, Craig G., (2005), "Leonhard Euler's 1744 book on the calculus of variations" in Grattan- Guinness, I., ed., Landmark Writings in Western Mathematics . Elsevier: 168–80.  Gladyshev, Georgi, P. (2007), “Leonhard Euler’s methods and ideas live on in the thermodynamic hierarchical theory of biological evolution,” International Journal of Applied Mathematics & (IJAMAS) 11 (N07), Special Issue on Leonhard Paul Euler’s: Mathematical Topics and Applications (M. T. A.).  Gautschi, Walter (2008). "Leonhard Euler: his life, the man, and his works". SIAM Review 50 (1): 3–33. Bibcode 2008SIAMR..50....3G. doi:10.1137/070702710.  Heimpell, Hermann, Theodor Heuss, Benno Reifenberg (editors). 1956. Die großen Deutschen , volume 2, Berlin: Ullstein Verlag.  Krus, D.J. (2001). "Is the distribution due to Gauss? Euler, his family of gamma functions, functions, and their place in the ". and : International Journal of Methodology 35 : 445–46. http://www.visualstatistics.net/Statistics/Euler/Euler.htm.  Nahin, Paul (2006), Dr. Euler's Fabulous Formula , New Jersey: Princeton, ISBN 978-0-691- 11822 -2

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 du Pasquier, Louis -Gustave, (2008) Leonhard Euler And His Friends , CreateSpace, ISBN 1 -4348 - 3327-5. Translated by John S.D. Glaus.  Reich, Karin, (2005), " 'Introduction' to analysis" in Grattan-Guinness, I., ed., Landmark Writings in Western Mathematics . Elsevier: 181–90.  Richeson, David S. (2008), Euler's Gem: The Polyhedron Formula and the Birth of Topology . Princeton University Press.  Sandifer, Edward C. (2007), The Early Mathematics of Leonhard Euler , Mathematical Association of America. ISBN 0-88385-559-3  Sandifer, Edward C. (2007), How Euler Did It , Mathematical Association of America. ISBN 0- 88385-563-1  Simmons, J. (1996) The giant book of scientists: The 100 greatest minds of all time , Sydney: The Book Company.  Singh, Simon. (1997). Fermat's last theorem , Fourth Estate: New York, ISBN 1-85702-669-1  Thiele, Rüdiger. (2005). The mathematics and science of Leonhard Euler, in Mathematics and the Historian's Craft: The Kenneth O. May Lectures , G. Van Brummelen and M. Kinyon (eds.), CMS Books in Mathematics, Springer Verlag. ISBN 0-387-25284-3.  "A Tribute to Leohnard Euler 1707–1783". Mathematics Magazine 56 (5). November 1983. External links

 Weisstein, Eric W., Euler, Leonhard (1707–1783) from ScienceWorld.  Encyclopedia Britannica article  Leonhard Euler at the Mathematics Genealogy Project  How Euler did it contains columns explaining how Euler solved various problems  Euler Archive  Euler Committee of the Swiss Academy of Sciences  References for Leonhard Euler  Euler Tercentenary 2007  The Euler Society  Leonhard Euler Congress 2007—St. Petersburg, Russia  Project Euler  Euler Family Tree  Euler's Correspondence with Frederick the Great, King of Prussia  "Euler – 300th anniversary lecture", given by Robin Wilson at Gresham College, 9 May 2007 (can download as video or audio files)  O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Leonhard Euler", MacTutor History of Mathematics archive , , http://www-history.mcs.st- andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Euler.html.  Euler Quartic Conjecture

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