Leonhard Euler
Mathematician, Academic
1707 – 1783
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
- Katharina Gsell
(1734/01/07 - 1773) - Salome Abigail Gsell
(1776 - 1783/09/18)
- Katharina Gsell
- Children
- Religion
- Calvinism
- Ethnicity
- Swiss people
- Nationality
- Old Swiss Confederacy
- Profession
- Education
- Master of Philosophy, University of Basel
Philosophy
(1720 - 1723)
- Master of Philosophy, University of Basel
- 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
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on July 23, 2013
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