Leonhard Euler

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21How Euler Did It by Ed Sandifer Gamma the constant October 2007 Sam Kutler, now retired from St. John’s College in Annapolis, once pointed out that there are three great constants in mathematics, π, e and γ, and that

How Euler Did It by Ed Sandifer Gamma the constant October 2007 Sam Kutler, now retired from St. John’s College in Annapolis, once pointed out that there are three great constants in mathematics, π, e and γ, and that

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Language: English - Date: 2013-11-04 12:20:24
2243  Documenta Math. ¨ nigsberg, Euler, Mei-Ko Kwan, Ko

43 Documenta Math. ¨ nigsberg, Euler, Mei-Ko Kwan, Ko

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Language: English - Date: 2012-07-25 10:24:40
23How Euler Did It by Ed Sandifer Estimating π February 2009 On Friday, June 7, 1779, Leonhard Euler sent a paper [E705] to the regular twice-weekly meeting of the St. Petersburg Academy. Euler, blind and disillusioned wi

How Euler Did It by Ed Sandifer Estimating π February 2009 On Friday, June 7, 1779, Leonhard Euler sent a paper [E705] to the regular twice-weekly meeting of the St. Petersburg Academy. Euler, blind and disillusioned wi

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24How Euler Did It by Ed Sandifer Propulsion of Ships February, 2004 Long before there were Fields Medals or Nobel Prizes, the great scientific academies of Europe regularly proposed problems, with lucrative cash prizes fo

How Euler Did It by Ed Sandifer Propulsion of Ships February, 2004 Long before there were Fields Medals or Nobel Prizes, the great scientific academies of Europe regularly proposed problems, with lucrative cash prizes fo

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25How Euler Did It by Ed Sandifer Odd Perfect Numbers November 2006 The subject we now call “number theory” was not a very popular one in the 18th century. Euler wrote almost a hundred papers on the subject, but the fi

How Euler Did It by Ed Sandifer Odd Perfect Numbers November 2006 The subject we now call “number theory” was not a very popular one in the 18th century. Euler wrote almost a hundred papers on the subject, but the fi

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2643  Documenta Math. ¨ nigsberg, Euler, Mei-Ko Kwan, Ko

43 Documenta Math. ¨ nigsberg, Euler, Mei-Ko Kwan, Ko

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Language: English - Date: 2012-07-25 10:24:40
27How Euler Did It by Ed Sandifer Finding logarithms by hand July 2005 Today, it is just as easy to take a square root as it is to find a logarithm. You just find your calculator, turn it on, and press a few buttons. The f

How Euler Did It by Ed Sandifer Finding logarithms by hand July 2005 Today, it is just as easy to take a square root as it is to find a logarithm. You just find your calculator, turn it on, and press a few buttons. The f

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28How Euler Did It by Ed Sandifer St. Petersburg Paradox July 2007 If we knew what we were doing, it would not be called research, would it? -attributed to Albert Einstein)

How Euler Did It by Ed Sandifer St. Petersburg Paradox July 2007 If we knew what we were doing, it would not be called research, would it? -attributed to Albert Einstein)

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29How Euler Did It by Ed Sandifer Density of air July 2009 Leonhard Euler did an immense amount of work in optics, but that work is not very well known among mathematicians. Seven volumes in Series III of the Opera omnia a

How Euler Did It by Ed Sandifer Density of air July 2009 Leonhard Euler did an immense amount of work in optics, but that work is not very well known among mathematicians. Seven volumes in Series III of the Opera omnia a

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30LEONHARD EULER 1707 – 1783 – in Basel geboren, in Riehen bei Basel aufgewachsen – in St. Petersburg und Berlin tätig – einer der grössten und produktivsten Mathematiker aller Zeiten

LEONHARD EULER 1707 – 1783 – in Basel geboren, in Riehen bei Basel aufgewachsen – in St. Petersburg und Berlin tätig – einer der grössten und produktivsten Mathematiker aller Zeiten

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Language: German - Date: 2008-05-07 09:21:37