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41Mathematical constants / Meromorphic functions / Summability methods / EulerMascheroni constant / Gamma function / EulerMaclaurin formula / E / Factorial / Contributions of Leonhard Euler to mathematics / Reciprocal gamma function

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
42Graph theory / NP-complete problems / Eulerian path / Route inspection problem / Cycle / Degree / Leonhard Euler / Matching / Seven Bridges of Knigsberg / 2-factor theorem

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

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Language: English - Date: 2012-07-25 10:24:40
43Dimensionless numbers / Ratios / Trigonometry / Pi / Complex analysis / Inverse trigonometric functions / Approximations of / Trigonometric functions / Taylor series / Sine / E / Jurij Vega

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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44Number theorists / Leonhard Euler / Euler Society / Paddle steamer / Steamboat / Euler / Propeller / Paddle

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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45Integer sequences / Number theory / Divisor function / Algebraic number theory / Perfect number / Modular arithmetic / Amicable numbers / Divisor / Prime number / Quadratic reciprocity / Leonhard Euler / Coprime integers

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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46Graph theory / NP-complete problems / Eulerian path / Route inspection problem / Cycle / Degree / Leonhard Euler / Matching / Seven Bridges of Knigsberg / 2-factor theorem

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

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Language: English - Date: 2012-07-25 10:24:40
47Logarithms / Natural logarithm / Common logarithm / Geometric mean / Exponentiation / E / Trigonometric functions / Contributions of Leonhard Euler to mathematics / Binary logarithm

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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48Bernoulli family / Number theorists / Fellows of the Royal Society / Leonhard Euler / Jacob Bernoulli / Nicolaus II Bernoulli / St. Petersburg paradox / Daniel Bernoulli / Ars Conjectandi / Nicolaus Bernoulli / Utility

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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49Mathematical constants / Mathematical series / Leonhard Euler / E / Swiss 1.2-metre Leonhard Euler Telescope / Differential equation / Pi / Number theory / Book:Leonhard Euler on Fluids / Contributions of Leonhard Euler to mathematics

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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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
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