Leonhard Euler

Mathematician, Academic

1707 – 1783

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Who was Leonhard Euler?

Leonhard Euler was a pioneering Swiss mathematician and physicist. He made important discoveries in fields as diverse as infinitesimal calculus and graph theory. He also introduced much of the modern mathematical terminology and notation, particularly for mathematical analysis, such as the notion of a mathematical function. He is also renowned for his work in mechanics, fluid dynamics, optics, astronomy, and music theory.

Euler is considered to be the pre-eminent mathematician of the 18th century and one of the greatest mathematicians to have ever lived. He is also one of the most prolific mathematicians; his collected works fill 60–80 quarto volumes. He spent most of his adult life in St. Petersburg, Russia, and in Berlin, Prussia.

A statement attributed to Pierre-Simon Laplace expresses Euler's influence on mathematics: "Read Euler, read Euler, he is the master of us all."

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Born
Apr 15, 1707
Basel
Also known as
  • Ơ-le
  • Ơle
  • Leonhard Paul Euler
  • Леонард Паул Ојлер
  • Leonard Ojler
  • Leonhard Euler
  • Euler
  • Эйлер, Леонард
  • Leonhard Euler
  • 萊昂哈德·歐拉
Parents
Siblings
Spouses
Children
Religion
  • Calvinism
Ethnicity
  • Swiss people
Nationality
  • Old Swiss Confederacy
Profession
Education
  • Master of Philosophy, University of Basel
    Philosophy
    (1720 - 1723)
Lived in
  • Germany
  • Russian Empire
  • Kingdom of Prussia
  • Saint Petersburg
    (1727/05/17 - )
  • Berlin
Died
Sep 18, 1783
Saint Petersburg
Resting place
Smolensky Lutheran Cemetery

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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