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Leonhard Euler

Leonhard Euler. By: Ryan Leung and Vladislav Livshits of class 701. Leonhard Euler’s accomplishments. Leonhard Euler discovered The formula of calculus now known as the power series Number theory Graph theory or V-E+F=2

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Leonhard Euler

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  1. Leonhard Euler By: Ryan Leung and Vladislav Livshits of class 701

  2. Leonhard Euler’s accomplishments • Leonhard Euler discovered • The formula of calculus now known as the power series • Number theory • Graph theory or V-E+F=2 • Had solved many difficult equations in Physics and astronomy such as the Euler-bernoulli beam equation

  3. Leonhard Euler’s life • Leonhard Euler was: • Born in April 17,1707 at Basil, Switzerland • He died in September 18, 1783 in St.Petersburg, Russia after suffering from Brain Hemorrhage and was placed beside his wife’s grave after death

  4. Interesting Facts about Leonhard Euler’s life • Leonhard Euler was: • On the 40 and 20 cent stamp • Studying Greek, theology, and Hebrew before his teacher told him he was a great mathematician • A professor of physics • And was the head of the mathematics department in Basel

  5. Other Interesting facts about Leonhard Euler • 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 of 40 years • And Euler also had eyesight deterioration which occurred in his career of mathematics

  6. Leonhard Euler’s Books • “The Elements of Algebra” • “Introduction to analysis of Infinite” • “Two influential textbooks on calculus “ • “Letters to a German Princess “ • “Method for finding curved lines enjoying properties of maximum or minimum, or solution of isoperimetric problems in the broadest accepted sense”

  7. Citations http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonhard_euler http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?p=pictures+of+leonhard+euler&vm=r&fr=sfp&xargs=0&pstart=1&b=21&ni=20 http://www.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/198840/2/istockphoto_198840_book.jpg

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