Leonhard Euler Research Paper

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Leonhard Euler was born in Basel, Switzerland on 15 April 1707. His father, Paul Euler, studied theology at the University of Basel. Paul Euler became a Protestant minister and married Margaret Brucker. Leonhard Euler was born in Basel, but the family moved to Riehen when he was a one year old. It was in Riehen, not far from Basel, that Leonhard was raised. Paul Euler had a college education and, in turn, had some mathematical training. He was able to teach his son elementary mathematics along with other subjects (Leonhard Euler).
Leonhard was sent to school in Basel and during this time he lived with his maternal grandmother. The school was a rather poor one, and Euler learned no mathematics at all from there. However, his father’s teaching had sparked his interest in mathematics. He read mathematics books and papers on his own and took some private lessons (Leonhard Euler).
In 1723, Euler completed his Master’s degree in philosophy. Which means he graduated from college at sixteen or seventeen. He began his study of theology in the autumn of 1723, which was the dream of his father. Despite being a devoted Christian all his life, he did not have the same enthusiasm to study theology as he did for mathematics. Euler got his father’s permission to change to mathematics after Johann Bernoulli persuaded him. Since Paul Euler and Johann Bernoulli became friends when Paul was in college, persuading Paul was not a difficult task (Leonhard Euler).
Euler completed his studies at the University of Basel in 1726 when he was around age of twenty. He studied various mathematical books and papers during his time in Basel. Euler read many texts on the advice of Johann Bernoulli. His reading list contains works by Varignon, Descartes, Newt...

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...letter “f” and parentheses for a function; the use of the symbol π for the ratio of circumference to diameter in a circle; and i for √ (-1) (Leonhard Euler).
Soon after his arrival in St. Petersburg, a cataract formed in his remaining good eye, and he spent the last years of his life in total blindness. His productivity continued undiminished, despite losing sight completely, sustained by an uncommon memory and a remarkable facility in mental computations. His interests were broad, and his Lettres à une princesse d’Allemagne in 1768–72 was an admirably clear exposition of the basic principles of mechanics, optics, acoustics, and physical astronomy (Leonhard Euler).
Leonhard Euler died on 18 September 1783 in St. Petersburg, Russia. He was an essential piece in furthering the knowledge about several different subjects, including calculus, astronomy, and acoustics.

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