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Leonhard Euler Research Paper

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The name Leonhard Euler, pronounced Oiler, sounds very familiar because of the Euler paths and circuits that we learned about in chapter five. The purpose of a Euler path is to start and end at different vertices, but cross all of the edges in a graph. While a Euler circuit begins and ends at the same vertex, while still crossing all of the edges in the graph. These are the only notable things that we learned about Euler but he has contributed much more to not only mathematics but physics, astrology, and even music. “To those who ask what the infinitely small quantity in mathematics is, we answer that it is actually zero. Hence there are not so many mysteries hidden in this concept as they are usually believed to be.” Euler was born on April 15, 1707 in Basel, Switzerland, and quickly strayed from the family norm. His father, Paul Euler, was a pastor at their church and although he wanted him to also be a pastor, he was able to get him to study with Johann Bernoulli, a famous mathematician. Leonhard’s mother, Marguerite Euler, was the …show more content…

Petersburg Academy. Not only did he study mathematics, but made some large advancements in astrology, mechanics and music. Although trigonometry, geometry and calculus were his main subjects of focus. Leonhard Euler was the one who created and first used the f(x) that is almost always used when writing equations and formulas. He also originated the ‘e’ base that is used in modern notation of natural logarithms. In 1748, Euler wrote about the concept of function in mathematical analysis, and eventually worked on proving the theories of Newton and Fermat. Leonhard added many contributions to the Euler-Bernoulli beam equation that is seemingly essential in engineering. Since he didn’t only work in mathematics, he half solved the theory of lunar motion in

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