Leonhard Euler

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Leonhard Euler was an 18th-century Swiss mathematician and physicist who made foundational contributions to calculus, graph theory, topology, and many other areas, becoming one of the most prolific and influential mathematicians in history.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf academic
author
human
mathematician
physicist
citizenship Swiss Confederacy
countryOfBirth Switzerland
countryOfDeath Russian Empire
dateOfBirth 1707-04-15
dateOfDeath 1783-09-18
doctoralAdvisor Johann Bernoulli
educatedAt University of Basel
employer Berlin Academy of Sciences
Imperial Academy of Sciences in Saint Petersburg
familyName Euler
fieldOfWork analysis
astronomy
differential equations
engineering
fluid dynamics
graph theory
mathematics
mechanics
number theory
optics
physics
topology
variational calculus
fullName Leonhard Euler
givenName Leonhard
hasPart Eulerian number concepts named after him
numerous mathematical terms and theorems bearing his name
languageOfWorkOrName German
Latin
memberOf French Academy of Sciences
Imperial Academy of Sciences in Saint Petersburg
Prussian Academy of Sciences
Royal Society
movement Age of Enlightenment
nativeLanguage German
notableAchievement contributed to early topology
developed fundamental results in number theory
laid foundations of graph theory
made foundational contributions to calculus
made major advances in classical mechanics
made major advances in fluid mechanics
one of the most prolific mathematicians in history
notableWork Euler angles in rigid body dynamics
Euler characteristic formula V−E+F=2
Euler product formula for the Riemann zeta function
Euler–Bernoulli beam theory
Euler–Lagrange equation
Euler–Maclaurin summation formula
Euler’s formula for complex exponentials
Euler’s identity e^{iπ}+1=0
Euler’s method for numerical integration
Euler’s polyhedron formula
Euler’s totient function φ(n)
introduction of the notation f(x)
introduction of the notation i for the imaginary unit
introduction of the notation Σ for summation
popularization of the notation e for the base of natural logarithms
solution of the Seven Bridges of Königsberg problem
placeOfBirth Basel
placeOfDeath Saint Petersburg
religion Protestantism
sexOrGender male
spouse Katharina Gsell
Salome Abigail Gsell
workLocation Basel
Berlin
Saint Petersburg


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