Leonhard Euler
Leonhard Euler ( OY-lər, 15 April 1707 – 18 September 1783) was a Swiss mathematician, physicist, astronomer, geographer, logician and engineer who founded the studies of graph theory and topology and made pioneering and influential discoveries in many other branches of mathematics such as analytic number theory, complex analysis, and infinitesimal calculus. He introduced much of modern mathematical terminology and notation, including the notion of a mathematical function. He is also known for his work in mechanics, fluid dynamics, optics, astronomy and music theory.
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| Date of birth | 15 April 1707
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| Place of birth | Basel, Switzerland
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| Date of death | 18 September 1783
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| Place of death | Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
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Leonhard Euler is known for his role in the TV mini series The Story of Maths (2008) as Self - Ancestor of Leonhard Euler.
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