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Leonhard Euler Grave
View on map:59.920624°N 30.389020°E
Description
Leonhard Euler
Leonhard Euler
(
/
ˈ
ɔɪ
l
ər
/
oy
-lər
;
[2]
German pronunciation:
[ˈɔʏlɐ]
(
listen
)
,
local pronunciation:
[ˈɔɪlr̩]
(
listen
)
; 15 April 1707 – 18 September 1783) 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
.
[3]
He is also renowned for his work in
mechanics
,
fluid dynamics
,
optics
, and
astronomy
. Euler spent most of his adult life in
St. Petersburg
,
Russia
, and in
Berlin
,
Prussia
. He is considered to be the pre-eminent mathematician of the 18th century, and one of the greatest mathematicians ever. He is also one of the most prolific mathematicians ever; his collected works fill 60–80
quarto
volumes.
[4]
A statement attributed to
Pierre-Simon Laplace
expresses Euler's influence on mathematics: "Read Euler, read Euler, he is the master of us all."
[5]
References
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonhard Euler
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